Meet the Team & Youth Ambassadors

Atim Mbah Patience

Youth Ambassador

Country: Cameroon

Atim is the founder of Green Farmlands, a community based organization, equipping small-scale farmers and vulnerable communities in Cameroon with the tools, knowledge, and market access needed to build sustainable livelihoods, strengthen food security, and drive agricultural growth. She holds a Master’s in Sustainable Food Systems from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Atim is a 2017 Australia Africa Awardee, a 2017 Mandela Washington Fellow, a Roddenberry Global Awardee and also a 2023 Echoing Green Fellow. Transformed by the knowledge, experience and skills gathered throughout her career and education she is creating a tremendous impact in her community in Cameroon. In addition to her community based organization she has also founded an online platform linking smallholder farmers to urban consumers called Green Basket.