Olawumi BenedictFounder & CEO

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areas of expertise
  • GROW BIOINTENSIVE System
  • Organic, Sustainable  or Regenerative Farming
  • Healthy Living ( Nutrition)
  • Sustainable living
  • Natural building
  • Compost making
  • Holistic Management
  • Farm Management & Trainer
  • Organic Integrated Pest Management

She is an Organic farmer and consultant with years of experience in organic farming project implementation. A proven track record of coaching, commitment, and high professional standards in organic agriculture.

 

Her consulting jobs with reputable international organizations like COLEAD Belgium from 2021till date and IFOAM-OI Germany in 2018 – 2022 as PGS Advisor for Ghana in the Organic Market For Development (OM4D) Project fan her skills into the fire that drives her today.

 

She was the immediate past West African Anglophone Countries Representative for the Inter-continent Network of Organic Farmers Organization (INOFO) and the previous region representative of the then Brong Ahafo Region for Young Professionals in Agriculture Development (YPARD).

 

Educational Background stems from a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Economics and Farm Management from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 2005 and a Postgraduate Proficiency Certificate in Organic Agriculture from a joint program by Coventry University UK, and Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in 2009. She had the opportunity to train in Organic agriculture at Coventry University, UK in 2009.

 

She took up a volunteer job with the Ghana Institute of Organic Agriculture, Sirigu, Bolgantanga in 2014 because of her interest in Organic Farming and became the Acting Head of Academics in 2015, and also trained farmers in Organic Agriculture practices.

She was an intern for 8 months in 2016 at Ecology Action; GROW BIO-INTENSIVE Mini Farm in California, US where she learned how to grow all the calories food needed for a year in the smallest space, with less water, resources, and energy, no use of any form of synthetic chemical.

 

She is currently pursuing her MBA in sustainability at the prestigious Roxbourg Institute of Social Entrepreneurship (RISE), Switzerland

EDUCATION & SHORT COURSES                                                                                                 

  • IFAD E-learning Course on ‘Smallholder Agriculture, Environment and Climate Change Certificate of Achievement, January 2015
  • Open2 Study E-learning Course by Massey University, University of New Zealand on ‘Agriculture and the World We Live in’, Certificate of Achievement, February 2015
  • Open2 Study E-learning Course by Massey University, University of New Zealand on

‘Climate Change, Certificate of Achievement, March 2015

  • University of Western Australia E-learning Course on ‘Agriculture, Economics & Nature Certificate of Completion with Distinction on 6th April 2015.
  • World Bank e-Learning Institute, e-Course on “Sustainable Agriculture Land

Management Projects: Soil Carbon Monitoring”. May 2015

  • Health Community Food System e-course by Community Health Worker Training Center, Texas A&M School of Public Health, USA. August 2017
  • Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship Development Short Course, Certificate of Participation, by Africa Lead, February 26-March 2, 2018, Ghana
  • International Federation of Organic Movement- Organics International (IFOAM) – PGS Training for Experts, June 2018
  • International Federation of Organic Movement- Organics International (IFOAM)- Organic Leadership Course, April 2018-November 2018.
  • Organic Training for ICS Managers and Internal Inspectors by GIZ, November 2019, Ghana
  • Training of Trainers on Sustainable Environment Management by COLEACP, 6th August

– October 30th, 2020

  • Certificate of Participation – Capacity Building: How to conduct a distance learning Course, by COLEACP, 7th -28th June 2021
  • Food Systems- Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 31st May – 9th July 2021
  • Training for African Agricultural Advisors: Revision of the European Organic Regulation, supported by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and implemented by AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants GmbH, March 2022,
  • Capacity Development Approach for Strengthening Interventions at Country Level Course by the Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA), October 2022

 

She is the facilitator for Crop Production at GROW WEST AFRICA – SUSTAINABLE INSTITUTE.

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