Ms. Foluke Areola
- Advocacy and awareness
- Agricultural development
- Capacity development
- Climate change
- Economic development
- Emergencies and resilience
- Fisheries and aquaculture
- Food and biotechnology
- Food safety
- Food security
- Gender
- Governance and institutional development
- Legislation and regulations
- Markets and trade
- Natural resource management
- Nutrition
- Pests and diseases
- Policies, strategies and guidelines
- Soil
Fisheries Governance in the Gulf of Guinea; Fish Welfare.
Foluke Omotayo Areola, a seasoned fishery professional, consultant, administrator and facilitator is the first Federal Director of Fisheries Quarantine in Nigeria as well as first female Acting Federal Director of Fisheries & Aquaculture, and Fisheries. She is currently the President-Elect of the African Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society (WAS-AC).
She is a distinguished fellow of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON), and the first female National President. For the past 40 years, she has provided technical guidance in fisheries, research and development. She has participated in high level national, regional and continental initiatives, including as facilitator of the Agriculture and Food Security Policy Commission of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). She is passionate about local and global economic development and growth.
Ms. Foluke Areola
Dear FSN- Moderator,
God bless. Please find attached my contributions to the ongoing consultation on the 10th anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) .
Thank you.
Best regards,
Foluke O. Areola,
Director(Rtd),
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,
Nigeria