Prof. Agnes W. Mwang’ombe (in service) (RANK 3)
Exemplary fund raising and research infrastructure development
- Fund raising for building of SEMIs Training and Seed Processing Facility which is used for local and international training.
- Recognized and awarded the Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS). Year???
- Awarded the IMPRESSA excellence in capacity building in CAVS.
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Prof. Paul M. Kimani (in service) (RANK 4)
Leadership in breeding of new beans varieties
- Credited with the development of Kenya’s first climbing bean varieties, which were formally released and gazetted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Development and Fisheries.
- His pioneering work resulted in the first locally developed high yielding disease resistant onion cultivars, which were formally released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Development and Fisheries in 1994.
- In 2008 was decorated and awarded the Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS) for his contribution to agricultural research and science in Kenya.
- NACOSTI’s award for best oral paper presentation during the 2015 National Science week.
- Recognized as the best research scientist in the Faculty of Agriculture in 2007
- -Commercialization of beans varieties in collaboration with Kenya Seed Company.
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