Medinah Ayuba Fagbemi is a Geographer and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) specialist with expertise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). She first joined IFDC in 2013 as a Data Logistics/GIS Specialist on the Maximizing Agricultural Revenue and Key Enterprises in Targeted Sites (MARKETS) II and Feed the Future Nigeria Agro-Inputs projects, later serving as Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist until 2017.
Fagbemi went on to hold MEL and GIS positions with other programs, including the Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy project (also known as the Nigeria Agricultural Policy Activity) at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the West Africa Trade and Investment Hub at Creative Associates International, and Feed the Future Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services at Winrock International.
Fagbemi then rejoined IFDC in 2024 as the Soil Values program Country Coordinator in Nigeria. She currently supports IFDC as Country Representative of Nigeria as well.
Fagbemi holds a bachelor’s degree in geography and a master’s in geographic information science and remote sensing from Ahmadu Bello University, and she is pursuing a doctorate in natural resource management and climate change at the Centre for Dryland Agriculture, Bayero University, Kano.
