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Only scientists who are honest and authentic or are working towards it will be on this podcast. Professor Brene Brown's research shows that vulnerability fosters good emotional and mental health. It is a sign of courage. We become more resilient and brave when we embrace who we truly are and what we are feeling. The Vulnerable Scientist Podcast is a space for scientists to tell their honest and authentic stories. I am your host Sarah Nyakeri who happens to be a scientist, Informal science co ...
Welcome to ‘The Boma’—a new podcast about livestock in the developing world—the cattle, camels, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry—that provide billions of people with nutrition, income, resources and livelihoods. How can small scale livestock systems be sustainable, as well as profitable? How can they help protect the environment? Do they harm or enhance human health? Check out The Boma to hear diverse perspectives on some of the hottest topics debated today and dive deep into the best and late ...
Roger Thurow is a senior fellow for global agriculture and food policy for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He writes about many of the same issues that animate the work at the International Livestock Research Institute - nutrition, development, hunger, and aid for subsistence farmers. As a writer, Thurow conveys what the lives of the poor ar…
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International Women's Day 2023 - Digital apps and drones in livestock farming
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Where does digital technology fit in with livestock farming? Can flying animal vaccines in by drone to remote regions help address gender inequality? Find out on this special episode of The Boma! In this podcast, we hear about the barriers to digital technology and farming difficulties that women face, then follow how ILRI and the CGIAR are working…
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ILRI says farewell to Director General Jimmy Smith
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Every director general knows, at the time they are appointed, exactly when they're supposed to leave because their appointment letter tells them so, says Jimmy Smith, who has been the director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) for the past 11 years. But "I didn't realise how difficult it would be to say goodbye to ILR…
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How to stop drought aid 'coming with the vultures'
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"You guys are coming when we have really suffered, when we have lost half of our herd and also when the vultures are descending from the sky." So said a Kenyan pastoralist at a meeting about drought response. What is being done to anticipate drought, rather than to deal with the consequences? In this episode we look at the effects of the ongoing dr…
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Can one chicken make a difference to a child's health?
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In 2014 a survey found that a quarter of children under 5 in Siaya County, western Kenya, were stunted. Stunting creates lifelong, chronic health issues and worse mental development. Better nutrition can help avoid stunting, but can be a struggle for families that are already lacking money, resources and access to support. What if there was a way t…
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179 | Hobbies | Highs | Early Career Kenyan Bioinformatician | Vulnerable Lilian Mbaisi Ang'ang'o Part 7
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Lilian Mbaisi Angong'o is an OWSD Ph.D. Fellow at the University of Rhodes University in South Africa. She is originally from Kenya and has done her BSc in Biomedical Science and Masters in Bioinformatics, both from the University of Nairobi. She developed an interest in Malaria research in KEMRI and has managed to still do in her Ph.D. where she w…
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178 | Phd in South Africa | Research Career | Lows | Vulnerable Lilian Mbaisi Ang'ang'o Part 6
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Lilian Mbaisi Angong'o is an OWSD Ph.D. Fellow at the University of Rhodes University in South Africa. She is originally from Kenya and has done her BSc in Biomedical Science and Masters in Bioinformatics, both from the University of Nairobi. She developed an interest in Malaria research in KEMRI and has managed to still do in her Ph.D. where she w…
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177 | Black Tax | Employment | Funding Masters in Kenya | Vulnerable Lilian Mbaisi Ang'ang'o Part 5
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Lilian Mbaisi Angong'o is an OWSD Ph.D. Fellow at the University of Rhodes University in South Africa. She is originally from Kenya and has done her BSc in Biomedical Science and Masters in Bioinformatics, both from the University of Nairobi. She developed an interest in Malaria research in KEMRI and has managed to still do in her Ph.D. where she w…
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003 | GMO? Mathematician housing 9 kids Reacts | Dr. Lucy Muthoni
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The announcement by the government, after a cabinet meeting on October 3, 2022, chaired by Kenyan President William Ruto, that it had lifted the ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) after a 10-year suspension has led to various reactions from Kenyans. In this episode, we get a reaction from a typical Kenyan who houses 9 kids and a mathemati…
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002 | GMO? Kenyan GMO Maker Reacts | Dr. Susan Moenga (Plant Biotechnologist)
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The announcement by the government, after a cabinet meeting on October 3, 2022, chaired by Kenyan President William Ruto, that it had lifted the ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) after a 10-year suspension has led to various reactions from Kenyans. In this episode, we get a reaction from a Kenyan who has made and eaten a GMO before as a P…
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001 | GMO? Kenyan Cancer Researcher Reacts | Dr. Victor Oria
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The announcement by the government, after a cabinet meeting on October 3, 2022, chaired by Kenyan President William Ruto, that it had lifted the ban on Genetically Modified Crops (GMO) after a 10-year suspension took has led to various reactions from Kenyans. In this episode, we get a reaction from a cancer researcher based in Denmark on his views …
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176 | Becoming a Bioinformatician | Vulnerable Lilian Mbaisi Ang'ang'o Part 4
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175 | Women in STEM | Vulnerable Lilian Mbaisi Ang'ang'o Part 3
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Lilian Mbaisi Angong'o is an OWSD Ph.D. Fellow at the University of Rhodes University in South Africa. She is originally from Kenya and has done her BSc in Biomedical Science and Masters in Bioinformatics, both from the University of Nairobi. She developed an interest in Malaria research in KEMRI and has managed to still do in her Ph.D. where she w…
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174 | Rejection to Redirection | Vulnerable Lilian Mbaisi Ang'ang'o Part 2
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Lilian Mbaisi Angong'o is an OWSD Ph.D. Fellow at the University of Rhodes University in South Africa. She is originally from Kenya and has done her BSc in Biomedical Science and Masters in Bioinformatics, both from the University of Nairobi. She developed an interest in Malaria research in KEMRI and has managed to still do in her Ph.D. where she w…
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173 | Introverted Scientist | Vulnerable Lilian Mbaisi Ang'ang'o Part 1
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Lilian Mbaisi Angong'o is an OWSD Ph.D. Fellow at the University of Rhodes University in South Africa. She is originally from Kenya and has done her BSc in Biomedical Science and Masters in Bioinformatics, both from the University of Nairobi. She developed an interest in Malaria research in KEMRI and has managed to still do in her Ph.D. where she w…
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172 | Vulnerable Dr. Amani Said Part 4 | Hobbies
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Dr. Amani Said is a career coach and trainer on a mission to empower as many scientists as possible in launching dream careers that are making an impact. She has a Phd in Developmental Biology in 2007 at the Max-Planck in Dresden Germany. In this episode she talks about her hobbies. As a born Lebanese and grown up in Sweden and travelled all over m…
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171 | Vulnerable Dr. Amani Said Part 4 | Highs and Lows
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Dr. Amani Said is a career coach and trainer on a mission to empower as many scientists as possible in launching dream careers that are making an impact. She has a Phd in Developmental Biology in 2007 at the Max-Planck in Dresden Germany. In this episode she talks about the highs and los she experienced throughout her journey. As a born Lebanese an…
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170 | Vulnerable Dr. Amani Said Part 3 | Becoming a Scientis'ts Career Coach
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Dr. Amani Said is a career coach and trainer on a mission to empower as many scientists as possible in launching dream careers that are making an impact. She has a Phd in Developmental Biology in 2007 at the Max-Planck in Dresden Germany. In this episode she talks about her earlier journey after getting into a Phd and the journey to becoming a Scie…
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169 | Vulnerable Dr. Amani Said Part 2 | Phd Journey in Germany
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Dr. Amani Said is a career coach and trainer on a mission to empower as many scientists as possible in launching dream careers that are making an impact. She has a Phd in Developmental Biology in 2007 at the Max-Planck in Dresden Germany. In this episode she talks about her PhD experience in Germany as someone who grew up in Sweden and of Lebanese …
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168 | Vulnerable Dr. Amani Said Part 1 | Scientist's Career Coach | Personal Development
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Dr. Amani Said is a career coach and trainer on a mission to empower as many scientists as possible in launching dream careers that are making an impact. She has a Phd in Developmental Biology in 2007 at the Max-Planck in Dresden Germany. In this episode she talks about her earlier journey before getting into a Phd. As a born Lebanese and grown up …
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167 | Vulnerable Sarah Nyakeri | August 2022
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This is my august bonus episode of how I am doing. Duolingo: https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKSLG6JEX2ITZCSQ Feel free to reach out too if you want to talk about a certain topic in the science career space or anything as a scientist that might have nothing to with science but affects scientists. The podcast is on social media @TVscientistPod…
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166 | Vulnerable Dr. Laura Harris | Part 4 | Highs and Lows, Hobbies
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Dr. Laura Harris, is the Biological advisor at NeuroX1 where she is a Part-time advisor on bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery. When this interview was conducted, she was the Senior Bioinformatics Scientist where she played the role of Establishing and implementing bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery. In this Episode, …
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165 | Vulnerable Dr. Laura Harris | Part 3 | Quitting Phd and Starting another one
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Dr. Laura Harris, is the Biological advisor at NeuroX1 where she is a Part-time advisor on bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery. When this interview was conducted, she was the Senior Bioinformatics Scientist where she played the role of Establishing and implementing bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery. In this Episode, …
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164 | Vulnerable Dr. Laura Harris | Part 2 | Scicomm | Motherhood as a Scientist
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Dr. Laura Harris, is the Biological advisor at NeuroX1 where she is a Part-time advisor on bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery. When this interview was conducted, she was the Senior Bioinformatics Scientist where she played the role of Establishing and implementing bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery. In this Episode, …
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163 | Vulnerable Dr. Laura Harris | Part 1 | Journey in Science
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Dr. Laura Harris, is the Biological advisor at NeuroX1 where she is a Part-time advisor on bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery. When this interview was conducted, she was the Senior Bioinformatics Scientist where she played the role of Establishing and implementing bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery. In this Episode, …
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162 | Vulnerable Dawid Hanak Part 5 | Hobbies | Motivatedacademic.com
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Dr. Dawid Hanak helps organizations achieve net-zero emissions and green energy transition via engineering consultancy. In this episode, he talks about what he does in his downtime and motivatedacademic.com Dr. Dawid Hanak is a Senior Lecturer in Energy and Process Engineering at Cranfield University. He received a B.Eng. degree (with distinction) …
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161 | Vulnerable Dawid Hanak Part 4 | Highs
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Dr. Dawid Hanak helps organizations achieve net-zero emissions and green energy transition via engineering consultancy. In this episode, he talks about the highs he has experienced in his career journey. Dr. Dawid Hanak is a Senior Lecturer in Energy and Process Engineering at Cranfield University. He received a B.Eng. degree (with distinction) in …
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160 | Vulnerable Dawid Hanak Part 3 | Lows
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Dr. Dawid Hanak helps organizations achieve net-zero emissions and green energy transition via engineering consultancy. In this episode, he talks about the lows he has experienced in his science career journey Dr. Dawid Hanak is a Senior Lecturer in Energy and Process Engineering at Cranfield University. He received a B.Eng. degree (with distinctio…
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159 | Vulnerable Dawid Hanak Part 2 | Phd Journey and Writing 9 papers in 2.5 years
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Dr. Dawid Hanak helps organizations achieve net-zero emissions and green energy transition via engineering consultancy. In this episode, he talks about his Ph.D. journey and how he is able to publish 9 papers in 2.5 years as a PhD Student. He talks about Growing up in Poland, taking us through high school and intentionally learning English, Explain…
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158 | Vulnerable Dawid Hanak Part 1 | Writing Coach for Academics | Process Engineer
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Dr. Dawid Hanak helps organizations achieve net-zero emissions and green energy transition via engineering consultancy. In this episode, he talks about his earlier journey and how he moved from Poland to the United Kingdom to pursue a career in academia. He talks about Growing up in Poland, taking us through high school and intentionally learning E…
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157 | Vulnerable Christianah Oki | Part 5 | Hobbies
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Christianah Oki is a parasitologist and a project officer at One Health and Development Initiative (OHDI), a nonprofit organization in Nigeria that promotes education, advocacy, research, and solutions on correlated issues of human, animal, and environmental health through the integrated One Health approach. She researches and writes informational …
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156 | Vulnerable Christianah Oki | Part 4 | Future plans | Highs and Lows
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155 | Vulnerable Christianah Oki | Part 3 | One health | Highs and Lows
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154 | Vulnerable Christianah Oki | Part 2 Research: Parasitic Drug Resistance in Humans (Schistosomiasis)
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153 | Vulnerable Christianah Oki | Part 1 | From Medicine dream to a One health career.
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Christianah Oki is a parasitologist and a project officer at One Health and Development Initiative (OHDI), a nonprofit organization in Nigeria that promotes education, advocacy, research, and solutions on correlated issues of human, animal, and environmental health through the integrated One Health approach. She researches and writes informational …
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152 | Vulnerable Dr. Alex Kirui | Part 5 | Hobbies
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Dr Alex Kirui's PhD research work was focused on complex carbohydrates and relevant bio-molecules. This involved Integrating solid-state NMR and dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) techniques to investigate lignin-carbohydrate packing in grasses and woods as well as glycan structures in fungi and algae. In this episode, he talks about his hobbies an…
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151 | Vulnerable Dr. Alex kirui | Part 4 | Highs and Lows
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Dr. Alex Kirui's Ph.D. research work was focused on complex carbohydrates and relevant bio-molecules. This involved Integrating solid-state NMR and dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) techniques to investigate lignin-carbohydrate packing in grasses and woods as well as glycan structures in fungi and algae. In this episode, he talks about the highs a…
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150 | Vulnerable Dr. Alex Kirui | Part 3 | Phd Journey
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Dr. Alex Kirui's Ph.D. research work was focused on complex carbohydrates and relevant bio-molecules. This involved Integrating solid-state NMR and dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) techniques to investigate lignin-carbohydrate packing in grasses and woods as well as glycan structures in fungi and algae. In this episode, he talks about his Ph.D. j…
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149 | Vulnerable Dr. Alex Kirui | Part 2 | Rhodes Scholarship Rejections
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Dr Alex Kirui's PhD research work was focused on complex carbohydrates and relevant bio-molecules. This involved Integrating solid-state NMR and dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) techniques to investigate lignin-carbohydrate packing in grasses and woods as well as glycan structures in fungi and algae. In this episode, he talks about how he got ano…
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148 | Vulnerable Dr. Alex Kirui | Part 1 | TUK Manenos
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Dr Alex Kirui's PhD research work was focused on complex carbohydrates and relevant bio-molecules. This involved Integrating solid-state NMR and dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) techniques to investigate lignin-carbohydrate packing in grasses and woods as well as glycan structures in fungi and algae. In this episode, he talks about growing up in …
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147 | Vulnerable Dr. Caroline Wanjiku | Hobbies
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Dr Caroline Wanjiku is an entomologist and currently an early-career postdoctoral researcher at Kemri welcome trust in Kilifi, Kenya. She recently obtained her PhD from Unversity of Pretoria, South Africa with a thesis titled "Biological traits, plant sugar feeding patterns and chemical ecology of Aedes aegypt". Caroline has a background in Biochem…
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146 | Vulnerable Dr. Caroline Wanjiku | Highs and Lows
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Dr Caroline Wanjiku is an entomologist and currently an early-career postdoctoral researcher at Kemri welcome trust in Kilifi, Kenya. She recently obtained her PhD from Unversity of Pretoria, South Africa with a thesis titled "Biological traits, plant sugar feeding patterns and chemical ecology of Aedes aegypt". Caroline has a background in Biochem…
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145 | Vulnerable Dr. Caroline Wanjiku | Climbing up the science career ladder in Kenya
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144 | Vulnerable Dr. Caroline Wanjiku | Struggle of advancing career in science
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Dr Caroline Wanjiku is an entomologist and currently an early-career postdoctoral researcher at Kemri welcome trust in Kilifi, Kenya. She recently obtained her PhD from Unversity of Pretoria, South Africa with a thesis titled "Biological traits, plant sugar feeding patterns and chemical ecology of Aedes aegypt". Caroline has a background in Biochem…
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143 | Vulnerable Dr. Caroline Wanjiku | Dr. Maiden name or Surname?
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Dr Caroline Wanjiku is an entomologist and currently an early-career postdoctoral researcher at Kemri welcome trust in Kilifi, Kenya. She recently obtained her PhD from Unversity of Pretoria, South Africa with a thesis titled "Biological traits, plant sugar feeding patterns and chemical ecology of Aedes aegypt". Caroline has a background in Biochem…
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10 min Snippet 21 | Vulnerable Faith Mokobi Zablon | Phd Candidate, Nanoengineering
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142 | Vulnerable Wambui Mbichi | Part 3 | Future plans and Hobbies
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Wambui Mbichi is a plant scientist dedicated to finding solutions for sustainable agriculture and improved food security. She is also the host of Farm to Table Podcast KE where we talk about food systems and farming. Her goal is to work at the intersection of research and policy to promote sustainable agriculture that is also profitable to farmers.…
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141 | Vulnerable Wambui Mbichi | Part 2 | Highs and lows
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Wambui Mbichi is a plant scientist dedicated to finding solutions for sustainable agriculture and improved food security. She is also the host of Farm to Table Podcast KE where we talk about food systems and farming. Her goal is to work at the intersection of research and policy to promote sustainable agriculture that is also profitable to farmers.…
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Drought insurance: Breaking the cycle of loss for millions of pastoralists
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Droughts have always occurred in the Horn of Africa, but in the past few years they have begun happening much more frequently. An award-winning scheme of index-based livestock insurance could provide a lifeline for millions of pastoralists whose livelihoods are affected by drought. There is no need to wait for a drought to become severe, for animal…
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140 | Vulnerable Wambui Mbichi | Part 1 | Kenyan Horticulture Scientist
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Wambui Mbichi is a plant scientist dedicated to finding solutions for sustainable agriculture and improved food security. She is also the host of Farm to Table Podcast KE where we talk about food systems and farming. Her goal is to work at the intersection of research and policy to promote sustainable agriculture that is also profitable to farmers.…
