Dorcas Omole works as a consultant at Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Limited, where she supports the organization in its strategic efforts in the market, institutional support, and program implementation for the BASICS-II and PROSSIVA projects.
At Sahel, her work focuses on conducting market and industry research related to proposals and projects, performing quantitative and qualitative data analysis, managing stakeholder engagement, business planning reviews for start-up Early Generation Seed companies in Nigeria, and summarizing recommendations to provide tailored advisory services to clients.
Before joining Sahel, Dorcas worked as a Research Fellow with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Dorcas also worked with the Flour Mills of Nigeria, where she gained practical field experience in establishing a sustainable cassava seed unit using Semi-Autotrophic and Hydroponics (SAH) technology. She has worked in various capacities on diverse research projects funded by reputable organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Thought for Food, and BMZ – the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, where she was involved in numerous research spheres ranging from environmental management, food security, food system justice, crop production, nature-based solutions in solving the climate change crisis, plant nutrition and soil fertility management.
In 2019, she was awarded a global membership award with the American Phytopathology Society, earned a Master of Science (MSc) in Agronomy from the University of Ibadan, and received her undergraduate degree from the Federal University of Technology Akure. She also holds a professional certificate course from Michigan State University in “Plant Breeding to Fight Hunger.”