Joseph O Akahome (OJ) is a writer, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Literature from the University of Benin. He is an avid agriculturist, with a bias for poultry and an insatiable appetite for chicken wings. When he is neither reading nor researching, he likes to spend recreational time playing board games, or swimming in serene forested lakes.
Indian scientist Dr. Swati Nayak has won the 2023 Norman E Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, recognized for her innovative work engaging smallholder farmers in demand-driven rice seed systems.
