OUR FELLOWS
Omolabake Esther Okunade’s parents are both farmers, who inspired her early passion for agriculture as she grew up in a small village outside Ibadan, Nigeria. Today, as a mother of five children who lives and works in the city, she still loves to go to the farm. “I have no illusions about the harsh a life my parents lived, especially my mother, who did most of her work unrecognized. However, I love the greenness of our farm. I am just as inspired today by nature’s lushness after the onset of the rains as I was when I decided to go into agriculture years ago.
Women are the key to agricultural development because about 60 to 70 percent of farm activities are done by them,” she says. “Good access to extension education services would harness the hidden potential of women, resulting in high food productivity and thereby ensuring household food security and sustainable development.
Field of Research
Empowerment of rural women through agricultural information to enhance sustainable farming activities.