Helping farmers learn

Farmers learn from other farmers. And when you bring top farmers from around the world together, magic happens. Learning happens. Production gets better around the world as farmers build on the experience of each other. Listen as Patience Koku, Global Farmer Network member from Nigeria tells the story of sharing possibilities.

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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.