Head of the West Africa Office, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Leader of WLE in the Volta and Niger Region
Co-Leader of the Land and Water Solutions (LWS) flagship research program, WLE
o.cofie (at) cgiar.org
Olufunke Cofie is a senior researcher with over 20 years progressive professional experience in natural resources management in West Africa, including 10 years university teaching and 13 years post-doctoral research experience in international agricultural research centers. Her main research interests include safe recovery of nutrients, organic matter and water from domestic wastes for urban and peri-urban agriculture; and improving smallholder agricultural water management.