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OUR TEAM
The Toothpick Project is only possible through the help of each player. Between scientists, the board of directors, and nonprofit partners, a biocontrol-solution for Striga can exist.
Board of Directors
These are all of the members of the board for the Toothpick Company, the pilot project of the Toothpick Project.

WINIFRED NICHOLS
Board member
Toothpick Company Limited - Staff

DORCAS KEMBOI
General Manager

LILIAN
NKANTHA
Administration and Finance

CLARE ONGATI
Sales and Marketing Officer

COLINS OBONYO
Sales and Marketing Officer

Simon Machimbo
Transportation and Logistics Coordinator

Marren Jumah
Farmer Survey Coordinator, Intern







THE SCIENTISTS
Meet the team

Dr. Leonard Afouda
University of Parakou, Benin

Dr. Christopher Suh
Institute of Agriculture Research for Development, Cameroon

Dr. Daouda Kone
Universite Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Cote d'Ivoire

Dr. Nelson Opoku
Ag. Head at the Department of Biotech at the University of Development Studies, Ghana

Henry Sila Nzioki
KALRO at Katumani, Kenya

Dr. Katile Seriba
Institut d'Economie Rurale, Mali

Frenk Mulamila Rueben
Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute, Ilonga

Dr. Juliet Akello
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Zambia
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