Kolawole Odubote
Consultant
Consultant
Biography
Kolawole Odubote is a former Senior Lecturer and Dean at the Zambian Open University, where he led the CTA-funded Scaling-up climate-smart agricultural solutions for cereals and livestock farmers in Southern Africa project for Zambia.
Articles
Harnessing synergies of crop-livestock integration for climate-smart agriculture
by Joyce Mulila-Mitti , Kolawole Odubote and Oluyede Ajayi
Integrated crop-livestock systems that provide synergies towards more resilient climate-smart agricultural production systems are possible despite the recognised competition between crops and livestock enterprises. To make this work, it is necessary to understand the trade-offs and capitalise on the opportunities provided through integration.
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Seed fairs: an innovative climate-smart practice to obtain stress-tolerant seeds
by Kolawole Odubote , Joyce Mulila-Mitti , Oluyede Ajayi and Mariam Kadzamira
A major concern for smallholder farmers at the start of each season is to choose and source seeds, and with the advent of climate change, this is more critical than ever. As part of a CTA-led initiative to help farmers counter drought and other extreme weather events, seed fairs are being organised in Zambia to improve access to quality seed of stress tolerant maize varieties for smallholder farmers.
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