OUR FELLOWS
Heading the research on horticultural extension at the National Horticultural Research Institute in Ibadan, Olutola Oyedele is passionate about gender responsiveness. Her steady career path in agricultural extension has seen her teaching ordinary and higher diploma students at the Federal College of Agriculture in Akure before joining her current employer, where she enjoyed five years of practical experience before embarking on her PhD.
Right now, we are particularly interested in spices,” she says. “Pepper, garlic, and ginger are widely grown and also exported. I am focusing on how to promote these lucrative crops to women farmers, pointing out their medicinal value at the same time.
Field of Research
Facilitating the improved nutrition and health status of rural households by empowering women with improved production methods and promoting increased consumption of fruits and vegetables in Nigeria.