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Onyaole Patience Koku
Onyaole Patience Koku
February 20, 2020 · < 1 minutes
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Future of Farming Dialogue is an annual global event that brings together journalists, influencers, farmers, and key stakeholders to share ideas for tomorrow. The 2019 event explored how we sustainably grow enough nutritious #food for our growing population, and how we pursue the future of #agriculture through digital tools and #innovation. You’ll hear from GFN member Patience Koku in this clip.

Onyaole Patience Koku
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Onyaole Patience Koku

Patience Koku is serving the GFN as Regional Lead: Africa. Patience's farm is located on the Jere Azara irrigation scheme, Kagarko Local government, in Kaduna State Nigeria. The farm produces two crops annually under center pivot irrigation. They grow mostly seed corn and corn grain for major food processing companies in Nigeria, like Flour Mills of Nigeria. She is the recipient of the 2019 Kleckner Award from the Global Farmer Network and 2018 Cornell Alliance For Science Farmer of the year. She also serves on the Cornell Alliance For Science advisory board. In her time as a member of the GFN, she has advocated on major stages.

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