Oluwafolake Adenike Akinbode

Research area: Development of environmentally friendly strategies in controlling plant diseases.

Oluwafolake Adenike Akinbode strongly believes that “agriculture is life.” The youngest of five children, Akinbode says her hard-working parents, both of whom were teachers, struggled to make ends meet—and it was the produce from their small farm that often meant the difference between hunger and hope for the family.

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