Lecture: Kenya's Rural Women: Agriculture, Sustainability and Arid Land Challenges
Professor Agnes Mwang'ombe (University of Nairobi, Kenya) will be speaking about the agriculture, sustainability and arid lands challenges facing rural women in Kenya.
Professor Agnes Mwang'ombe is Principal of the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya. She is the Founder and Director of the Arid and Semi Arid Lands Foundation, a Kenya-based NGO. She has a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the University of London and conducts research on plant resistance to diseases, pathogens specialization, seed borne pathogens and diseases. She is an expert in agricultural sustainability in arid lands and the impact on climate change. Her work also integrates gender issues in agricultural and education activities.
Professor Agnes Mwang'ombe's talk is part of the Center for Public Policy and Administration's Distinguished Lecture Series and is co-sponsored with the UMass Department of Anthropology and the Political Economy Research Institute. For more information, please visit www.masspolicy.org.
