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Dr. Charity Mutegi To Be Honored at World Food Prize

Submitted by Borlaug LEAP Team on September 9, 2013 - 4:46pm

Mutegi Photo

Former Borlaug LEAP Fellow, Dr. Charity Mutegi has been named the 2013 recipient of the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application.  The award is endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation and recognizes exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by young scientists who have clearly demonstrated intellectual courage, stamina, and determination in the fight to eliminate global hunger and poverty.

Finding Practical Solutions for ARTS

Submitted by Darolyn on May 28, 2013 - 11:10am

Photo: Doumtsop collecting data from smallholder farmers

2011 Borlaug LEAP Fellow Armand Doumtsop wants to find practical solutions to the problem of ARTS (African root and tuber scale). Tropical root and tuber crops are major staples in sub-Saharan Africa. These crops are largely produced by smallholder farmers.  Pests, such as African root and tuber scale (ARTS), are a major threat to farmer’s livelihoods. The economic consequences are serious in the Congo Basin where it can cause cassava yield losses of up to 100%.

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