Below is an excerpt from an article on Page 6 of the Business Daily of Monday 14 March 2011.
A Kenyan scientist, Judi Wakhungu, has been nominated to advise world leaders on how to tackle global climate change and food scarcity.
Prof Wakhungu is the current executive director of the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), an international inter-governmental science, technology and environmental policy think-tank based in Nairobi.
She will sit on the global Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change.
Prof Wakhungu's research interests include agriculture and food security, biodiversity and natural resources, and gender issues in science and technology.
She serves on several national and international boards, task forces, and committees including the African Conservation Centre, the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), the GoDown Arts Centre, the Institute for Security Studies, the Lemelson Foundation, the Legatum Centre at MIT, the WorldFish Centre and the World Bioenergy Association.
She holds a PhD in energy resources management from Penn State University.
The United Kingdom's Chief Scientific Advisor, Prof Sir John Beddington will chair the Commission.
Source: "Kenyan picked as climate change adviser" by Steve Mbogo. Business Daily, 14 March 2011.
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