I am Lucia Omobolanle Ogunsumi, a Professor of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development with over 30 years of professional experience. I ampassionatetowards the wellbeing of smallholder farmers especially the youth and women beenthe vulnerable groupintherural setting inthe allocation and ownership of resources. I have been involved inbothexternallyandinternallyfunded project intheInstitute of Agricultural Researchand Training whereI work. I amalso a c o n s u l t a n t . As a n a c a d e mi c s , I r o s e t o t h e r a n k o f P r o f e s s o r of Extension at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; conductedresearchinthefieldof appliedAgriculture; andhave manypublications(books, chaptersinbooks,journal articles and conference papers) to my credit. I had worked in various organization along my career pathway. At the Lagos State Ministryof Agriculture,Iservedinvariouscapacities: as an Agricultural Assistant in Training to Agricultural Officer responsible for dissemination of appropriate technologies to solve the farmers’ problems and on povertyeradicationcampaigntoboost foodproduction.  IledseveralmissiondialoguetotheWorldBankandMinistrymembersduringproject monitoring and coordination; participated in donor coordination and partnership m e e t i n g s ; a n d s e r v e d o n s e v e r a l I n s t i t u t e - wi d e s p e c i a l i n i t i a t i v e s a n d T a s k F o r c e s .  As an Agricultural Extension Scientist, passionatetowards development of agricultural systems of rural communities, I articulate appropriate innovations, participate and disseminate for this purpose doubled with advocate, policy documentation, seminars, and workshop for awareness, demonstrations and field days experiences acquired over ti me.  Ialsoengageinlecturingworkatthehomecampus.IamanAWARDMentor(2015),  Identify diligently showcase innovations responding to societal challenges especially towards i mproved student staff and community wellbeing.  I am also been motivated to feel the needs of people in connection with policy makers at national andinternational level.  Articulate generated ideas that will be tested on given the opportunity and while findings, translatedto breakthroughs.  Novel discoveriesinagriculturealreadyitemised, writtenandsharedideaswithprojects teamand other stakeholders for appropriate action. This will be promoted and follow up in order to meet the felt needs of the organisation.  I al ways have mutual bond that facilitates new research-based inventions and discoveries based on public demands and to evaluate and validate mixed methods analysis contents. 2  I believe in a model to global cooperation that will promote multidisciplinary interactions, encouraging holistic approaches to problem-solving.  IdeliveredmyinaugurallecturetitledFarmers’PeculiarTreasure:TheSustainedUse ofTechnologicalApproachonthe12th March,2024attheOduduwaHall,Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, My dutiesandassignmentsalsoincludethefollowing; o Collaborating studies in the development of appropriate technologies for i mpr oved t he well bei ng of s mall hol der far mers consi deri ng gender issues most especially women and youth; o Organizing female students in the Agricultural Research Institute outreach centres intointerest groups and delivering career talks backed up with current scienceandtechnologydiscoveriesdiscussedandrelevant,that willstimulate t h e i r p e r s o n a l i n t e r e s t s i n t h e e s t a b l i s h me n t o f e n t r e p r e n e u r o p p o r t u n i t y a s d o n e in school gardens in IAR&T adopted schools using this knowledge based appr oach. o Isupervisedandmentoredseveraljuniorcolleagues.IalsorepresentedIAR&T onthefarmers’groupformationandregistrationas wellasyouthengagement usingintegratedfarmingsystemmodelsfor youthempowerment. o Inthe area of regional integration, apart fromleadingthe preparation of thefirst West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (2009-2015) as Project Coordinator,thefirstSocioEconomist,IservedasLeadImpact Assessment S c i e n t i s t f o r ma j o r p r o j e c t s i n t h e I n s t i t u t e . I wa s a l s o a l e a d s c i e n t i s t i n t h e adoptionstudies of disseminatedtechnologiesinSouthwest Nigeria COMPETENCI ES  Analytical Skill: As evidenced by several analytical works: studies, several books and journal articles, and design of Country Strategy Papers (CSPs) and regional Integration Strategy Papers (RISPs);  Institutional Enhancement: Served as member of project team and lead Socio Economic-wide TaskForceonenhancingInstitute mandates. Groupoperationsinrural communities and led several sensitization missions to achieve the major goal of food s e c u r i t y a n d i mp r o v e d l i v e l i h o o d s ; s e r v e d a s c h a i r ma n o f t h e t a s k f o r c e f o r t h e d e s i g n o f thetermsofreferenceforcountryteams;servedasamemberoftheoperations working group of the adopted villages and schools mission where Institute technologies are showcased for institutional refor ms of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) andservedasaco-consultantforthereviewoftheIntegratedfarmingsystem modelsfor youthempowerment.  Collaborated withthe University of Bern, Switzerland, inthe execution of Land-use change and the resilience of food production systems (LucFRes) project as Regional Part ner.  3 Client Orientation and Responsiveness: Led policy dialogue with policy makers through policy brief, advocacy and propaganda as well as on projects and programs preparation; andofferedpro-activesolutionstoidentifiedportfolioproblems.   Academic Qualification UseofStandardSoftware: Microsoft word,excel,powerpoint,andSAP. CommunicationSkill: FluentinEnglishand Yoruba.  Ph.D.AgriculturalExtension(2005)–FederalUniversityofTechnologyAkure, o Nigeria.  M.Sc.AgriculturalExtension(September1999)–UniversityofIbadan  M.Sc.AgriculturalEconomics(September1991)–UniversityofIbadan.  B.Sc.Hons.AgriculturalEconomics,SecondClasslower(June1986)-Universityof I ba da n Book and Articles Ogunsumi, L.O. (2017). Integrated Farming System’s Model for Sustainable Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria. LAMBERT Academic PublishingISBN978-620-2-05687-8 Pp1- 97. Mauritus. Dorothy Okello , Michael Sudarkasa and Lucia Ogunsumi (2019). Gender and digitalisation –supporting womeninagribusiness. https://cta.int/en/gender Me-Nsope, N., P. Abdulsalam-Saghir, L. Sanni, B. Osuntade, and L. Ogunsumi. (2018). Reachingyoungwomen withagrifoodsystemtrainingprograms: Insightsfrom Nigerianyouthandprivatesectorrepresentatives.PolicyBrief Number 2, Y o u t h E m p l o y m e n t a n d E n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p S e r i e s . E a s t L a n s i n g : Mi c h i g a n S t a t e University Global Center for Food Systems Innovation. Ogunsumi, L. O. (2024). Far mers’ Peculiar Treasure: The Sustained Use of Technological Approach( 380th Inaugural Lecture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Updated:7th April,2024