Institution: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Bioloical Sciences
Address: Box 190
Zip code: 50100
City: Kakamega
Country of residence: Kenya
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Stakeholder: Other
Core areas of experitse:
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Other areas of expertise:
Biodiversity Climate change Community development Development aid policies Food security and safety Gender Genetic Resources Institutional capacity building Knowledge Land Use Planning, M&E methodologies Poverty alleviation Private sector development Research methodologies Rural social development Seeds and Post Harvest Technology Smallholder farmers
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Current projects:
Project title: Evaluation of prospects and constraints to sustainable cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) production in Lake Victoria crescent
Description: With funding from the Lake Victoria Research Inititaive this project is the first deliberate effort to develop strategies for the sustainable cultivation and utilization of cocoyam in sub Sahara Africa. Currently we are undertaking the second phase of the study.
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Project Partner(s): The research project on cocoyam is a multidisciplinary study involving scientists from Kenya, Uganda University of Science and Technology.andTanzania drawn from Makerere University, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Moi University and Masinde Muliro University
