Foluke Abimbola Aderemi always wanted to be a problem solver, so she was naturally attracted to agricultural studies. “My eldest brother studied agriculture and he did everything to discourage me from taking it, but I just kept on moving up.” Today, Aderemi is a senior lecturer at Bowen University where her research is focused on using agro-industrial waste, such as cassava leaves and root reject and sieviate, to produce poultry feed. “Affording feed is the biggest problem that poultry farmers face,” she says. “About 60 to 70 percent of their profit goes to purchasing feed. If we can bring down the cost and produce better feed, then even the poorest smallholders could afford to raise poultry.”