A biopesticide, made in Africa, for the world | Mojisola Ojebode | TEDxJohannesburgSalon

Nigerian biochemist and entrepreneur Mojisola Ojebode’s career in agriculture started during her final year at university, with one big question: “What are you going to do with biochemistry?” This question started a chain of events that ultimately let to the budding scientist and her team of collaborators developing an important breakthrough: a biopesticide that has proved to be an effective antidote to the weevil scourge that has bugged farmers in Africa, and around the world, for ages. With Mojisola’s solution, farmers have a powerful new alternative to chemical pesticides. More importantly, organic farmers have one more reason to come on board. Find Mojisola on Twitter: @ojebodemojisola, and on the web: moepelorsebioresources.org
Mojisola is the founder of Moepelorse Bio Resources, a start-up venture for the commercialization of environment-friendly organic pesticides. She is involved in the coordination of capacity building programmes for legume and cereal crop farmers in her native Nigeria. She has an MSc in Biochemistry from the University of Ibadan, and is the author of Essential Oils in Food Pathogen Mitigation. She is a Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) awardee, and an alumna of Mandela Washington Fellowship and African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx