OUR FELLOWS
Oluwakemi Enitan Fapojuwo recalls being very interested in agriculture even as a youngster visiting her grandfather’s cocoa farm. Combined with her interest in women’s issues, she decided to pursue a career in agricultural extension and rural development in an effort to alleviate the problems faced by smallholder farmers in Nigeria, most of whom are women.
My goal is to help them have a better life by enhancing their income-generating capacity,” she says. “When you ask these women if they are working, they say ‘No, I am a full-time housewife’, but they are actually heavily involved in farming, processing and selling produce. They do so much work with little return.
Field of Research
Focusing on empowerment and capacity building of rural women.