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Dr. (Mrs.) Patience Odueme is Research Fellow at Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research anchored in Department of Horticulture, College of Plant Science and Crop Production, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. She is a Post-Harvest Physiologist /Olericulturist.
She is a Member, Horticultural Society of Nigeria (HORTSON); Member, Organic Agriculture Professionals in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria (OAPTIN) and a Treasurer, Association of Organic Agriculture Practitioners (NOAN) Ogun State Chapter.
She has published four articles with one accepted article in learned journals and six Refereed Conference Proceedings. She has attended Conferences and workshops to enrich her knowledge in her area of specialization.
Before joining the academic profession fully, she was offered full appointment as Farm officer II and assumed duty at the Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR) on the 26th March, 2012. Her appointment was confirmed on 26th March, 2014. She got promoted to the post of Senior Agricultural Officer in year 2018.
She won the best Agricultural Officer in IFSERAR, FUNAAB in the year 2012. She got a Senate Commendation on the successful hosting of the FUNAAB Agricultural Fair held in March 2013. She also got the Vice-chancellor Commendation for the invaluable contributions towards various achievements recorded by Centre for Community-Based Farming Scheme (COBFAS) in the year 2019.
She was an Investigator of Endogenous Knowledge for Association of Organic Agriculture Practitioners of Nigeria (NOAN) in South – West Nigeria from May 2022 till January 2023. She became the Contractor of Farmers Field School for Association of Organic Agriculture Practitioners of Nigeria (NOAN) from October 2022 till January 2023.
PhD (Horticulture) 2019
M Agric. (Horticulture) 2011
Certificate of Participation in Scientific writing, Publishing and Oral 2010
communication
Certificate of Proficiency in Desktop Publishing 2009
Bachelor of Agriculture (Olericulture) Second Class Upper Honour Division 2006
West African Senior School Certificate (Nov./Dec.) 1999
West African Senior School Certificate (May/June) 1997
First School Leaving Certificate 1991
a. Research in Progress
i. Effect of Organic Fertilizer and Bamboo Biochar Rates on Growth and Yield of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.).
ii. Effect of Crop Spacing and Staking Methods on Growth and Yield of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
iii. Shelf life of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) as influenced by Organic Fertilizer and Bamboo Biochar Rates in different Storage Media.
iv. Fruit Quality of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) as influenced by Organic Fertilizer, Bamboo Biochar Rates and Storage Media.
b. Research Completed but not Yet Published:
Odueme, P. U. (2006) Water Use and Water Use Efficiency of Dry Season Field and Screen-House Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). B. Agric. Project. University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Nigeria.
2019 – Vice-chancellor Commendation for the invaluable contributions towards various achievements recorded by Centre for Community-Based Farming Scheme (COBFAS)
2013 – Senate Commendation on the successful hosting of the FUNAAB Agricultural Fair
2012 – Best Agricultural Officer Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural (IFSERAR), Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta
a) Special Assignments
Desk Officer to 1st Scientific and Proposal writing hosted by Crop Research Programme IFSERAR (May 2018).
Financial Secretary IFSERAR Staff Welfare Committee (August 2017 till date).
Treasurer IFSERAR Staff Welfare Committee (August 2017 till date).
b) Community Service
Registration Area Collation Officer at Ajegunle Ward in Ipokia Local Government, Ogun State during 2019 Presidential, Senatorial and House of Representatives election.
Registration Area Collation Officer at Agbado Ward in Ifo Local Government, Ogun State during 2019 Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly election.
Campus Coordinator of the Redeemed Christian Bible College, Christ Embassy Campus Abeokuta Zone 2, West 3 Region (September 2017 till date).
Deaconess in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Christ Embassy Area/ Zonal Headquaters Parish, Obantoko, Abeokuta (August 2016 till date).
Assistant Parish Coordinator in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Christ Embassy Area/ Zonal Headquaters Parish, Obantoko, Abeokuta (August 2016 till date).
Sunday School Teacher Parish Coordinator in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Christ Embassy Area/ Zonal Headquaters Parish, Obantoko, Abeokuta (December 2016 till date).
Member, Horticultural Society of Nigeria (HORTSON)
Member, Organic Agriculture Professionals in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria (OAPTIN)
i. 3rd All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition (AAPHCE) hosted by the 2021
African Union Commission on 13-16 September, virtually African Union
Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethopia..
ii. 37th Annual Horticultural Society of Nigeria Conference at Faculty of 2019
AgriculturalTechnology, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State Nigeria.
iii. 1st Scientific and Proposal writing by Crop Research Programme IFSERAR 2019
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.
iv. 32nd Annual Horticultural Society of Nigeria Conference at Federal University 2014
of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
v. Regional Workshop on Scientific Writing, Publishing and Oral Communication 2010 at University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
vi. Annual Conference of Organic Agriculture Professional in Tertiary Institutions In Nigeria (OAPTIN) 2023
1st Annual Conference of College of Plant Science and Crop Production, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta 2023
3rd All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition (AAPHCE) hosted by the African Union Commission on 13-16 September, virtually African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethopia. 2021
vii. Annual Conference of Horticultural Society of Nigeria (HORTSON) 2014, 2019
a. Articles in Learned Journal:
i. Victor Idowu Olugbemiga Olowe, Khalid Azim, Charity Nwamaka Atoma, Patience Odueme and Olabisi Somefun (2022). Advancing organic Agriculture research in Africa – A case study of the science track of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th African Organic Conferences (AOCs). Journal of Sustainability mdpi: http://ww.mdpi.com
ii. Victor Idowu Olowe, James Fadeyi, Patience Odueme, Aderonmu Damilare and Ayodele Otaiku (2021). Foliar fertilization of organic sunflower enhanced yield components and seed yield in the humid tropics. De Gruyter https://doi.org/10.1515/helia-2020=0010
iii. P. U. Odueme, J. G. Bodunde, F.O. Olasantan and J. A. Adigun (2019). Growth and Yield of three Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) Varieties as affected by Fertilizer types. Nigerian Journal of Horticultural Science (NJHS) 24(3):45-57.
iv. Adigun, J. A., Adeyemi, O. R., Daramola, O. S., Odueme, P. U., and Fadeyi, O. J. (2017). Growth and Yield Performance of groundnut (Arachis hypogeae L.) as affected by row-spacing and weed control methods in the Nigerian forest-savanna transition zone. Nigerian Journal of Ecology 16(1):36-47.
b. Journal Articles Accepted for Publication:
i. Olawunmi Adedayo Coker, Sunday Ojo Adigbo, Patience Ujiro Odueme, Joy Nwakaego Odedina, Clement Gbenga Afolabi, Thomas Oladeji Fabunmi, Lukmon Olamileke Owolabi and Tope A. Coker (2023). Can the inherent antioxidant in yellow-fleshed cassava varieties (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and fertilizer application suppress root rot? Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis Volume 71
c. Edited Conference Proceeding:
i. Odueme P. U., Okike C. C. and Hassan A. A. (2023). Quality, Shelf life and Proximate composition of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruits as influenced by organic fertilizer, bamboo biochar rates and storage media. Book of Proceedings of the1st Annual Conference of Plant Science and Crop Production, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.. July 30th – August 1st, 2023.
ii. Odueme, P. U. and Adewale, T. T. (2023). Effects of Organic Fertilizer and Bamboo Biochar Rates on the Growth and Yield of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Book of Proceedings of the 16th National Conference of Organic Agriculture Professionals in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. 20th – 23rd March, 2023.
iii. Patience Ujiro Odueme, Jacob Goke Bodunde, Faucett Olagundoye Olasantan and Joseph Aremu Adigun (2021). Effect of Harvest Maturity Stage and Storage Media on the Fruit Harvest Quality of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill). 3rd All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition Virtual (AAPHCE) African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethopia.
iv. P. U. Odueme, J. G. Bodunde, F. O. Olasantan and J. A. Adigun (2019). Growth and Fruit Yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) Varieties as Influenced by Transplant Age. In: Adesina J. M., Iwala, O. S., Kekere, O. and Ajayi, A. J. (Eds.). Book of Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of Horticultural Society of Nigeria, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State Nigeria. 18th – 22nd November, 2019.
v. Adigbo, S. O; Odueme, P. U.; Odedina J. N.; Coker, T.; Fabunmi T. O. Fadeyi J. and Appah, C. (2019). Performance of maize in maize/cassava intercrop as influenced by four different times of planting in derived savannah. In: Isong, A., Onwaghalu, J. T., Eze, J. N., Gbadeyan, S. T. (Eds.).Proceedings of the 53rd Annual conference of Agricultural Society of Nigeria, NCRI Badeggi.
vi. Olowe, V. I. O., Odueme, P. U., Fadeyi, O. J. and Adisa, G. (2017) Appropriate time to apply organic fertilizer to sesame and soybean in the humid tropics. In: G. Rahman at al.(Eds.). Innovative Research for Organic 3.0 (Proceedings of the Scientific Track) Volume 1, Organic World Congress 2017 Delhi, India.
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