Moving science from the shelf to farmers

February 12, 2020 · < 1 minute

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GFN’s Patience Koku, a farmer from Nigeria, was a speaker at an event for @WomenScienceDay at the UN headquarters in New York City. On February 11, 2020, she spoke about the importance of all farmers having access to technology.

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.