Ibilola Oluyemisi Ikotun’s interest in agriculture was manifested early. “At age eight, I would plant groundnuts in our backyard,” she says. This was further nurtured in secondary school where the students would work on farm plots. Working to improve food security, especially among smallholder farmers, is what led Ikotun to pursue a career in agriculture. “There is a lot of wastage of agricultural products due to a lack of storage space—we need to improve agriculture to help secure our children’s future,” says the married mother of two.
I want to be at the center of things and reach out to communities that are in need of our technologies.
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I want to go into farming communities to train them on how they can process hygienically.