She walked us through the opportunities in agriculture and its diverse business opportunities at a time where unemployment rate is on the high side and a situation of alarming food insecurity, Agriculture seems like the best alternative to the problems. Professor Veronica Obatolu is a Nigerian, a Professor of Human Nutrition who believes in ‘eating to nourish the body’ and not ‘feeding the body’. She is an exceptionally proficient Research Scientist who specializes in Human Nutrition with over 30 years of experience in Food and Nutrition research. She consistently ensures convincing interpretation of evidence-based research committed to aiding people to eat well and lead healthy lifestyles through community-based nutrition intervention design programmes.

Presently Professor Veronica Obatolu is the first female Executive Director and CEO of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) over 50 years of its establishment. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx