Onyaole Patience Koku
Regional Lead: Africa · GFN Staff
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About
Patience Koku is serving the GFN as Regional Lead: Africa. Patience's farm is located on the Jere Azara irrigation scheme, Kagarko Local government, in Kaduna State Nigeria. The farm produces two crops annually under center pivot irrigation. They grow mostly seed corn and corn grain for major food processing companies in Nigeria, like Flour Mills of Nigeria. She is the recipient of the 2019 Kleckner Award from the Global Farmer Network and 2018 Cornell Alliance For Science Farmer of the year. She also serves on the Cornell Alliance For Science advisory board. In her time as a member of the GFN, she has advocated on major stages.
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Articles by Onyaole Patience Koku
June 29, 2026
Women Who Feed Africa
Across sub-Saharan Africa, women contribute between 60 and 80 percent of the labor involved in food production. They are the backbone of rural agriculture and the guardians of household food security.
Read article →June 13, 2025
Tariffs and Trade Disruption Impact Africa as a Global Trading Partner
My farm in Nigeria exports nothing to the United States—but like many African farmers, I’m worried about the threat of a global trade war because it’s…
Read article →June 20, 2024
Nigeria-Bt, No-till, Sequestering Carbon
Patience Koku grows a variety of crops: Bt cowpea, banana, corn, vegetables and cotton. She explains how access to innovation and technology is a farm…
Read article →December 21, 2023
Our Wish: To Witness a Prosperous Africa Catalyzed by Agriculture Advancement
When we saw Pope Francis on a visit to the Vatican in October, we were surprised and humbled by the large number of people in wheelchairs who were als…
Read article →October 4, 2023
"Take It To the Farmer"—Patience Koku to Speak at 2023 Borlaug Dialogue
Patience Koku is slated to speak at the 2023 Borlaug Dialogue on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. She'll bring a first-person perspective on living and work…
Read article →August 17, 2023
With Access to the Right Tools, Africa will Help Feed the World
Fertilizer makes things grow, and a major reason why farmers in Africa don’t grow enough food is because we don’t use enough fertilizer. Numbers tell …
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