– AWARD announces winners of 2015 fellowships —
Out
of the 70 winners of this year’s fellowship, 10 had prior experience
within the AWARD Fellowship as junior mentees to AWARD Fellows, with
four having applied for the fellowship at least once before:
Ngozi
Edoh, a Research Scientist at the National Root Crops Research
Institute Umudike in Ghana is currently focused on biosafety research
and genetic improvement of root and tuber crops.
Belinda
Kaninga, a soil scientist from Zambia on the other hand is developing
appropriate soil fertility technologies in order to improve agricultural
production and income for smallscale farmers.
Kaninga is an Agricultural Research Officer at the Zambia Agriculture Research institute.
Crop
scientist Catherine Nwokwu is currently a post-graduate student at
Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. Her vision for agricultural research
and development is to develop at least five high yielding and drought
tolerant rice varieties.Juliana Amaka Ugwu, an entomologist, is also a
former AWARD junior mentee. She is on a mission to develop ecological
and environmentally friendly approaches to sustainable production of
fruits and vegetables in Nigeria. Ugwu is currently a lecturer at the
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria.
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