Agronomist Dr Oudho Homenauth passed away on Tuesday at the age of 65.
Dr Homenauth was the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI).
On his Facebook page yesterday, President Irfaan Ali said: “I express deepest sympathies to the family, colleagues and friends of former Head of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute, Dr (Oudho) Homenauth.