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Cathy Watson

Cathy Watson is chief of programme development at the World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi. Before joining ICRAF in November 2012, she founded and ran two NGOs in Uganda -- Straight Talk Foundation and Mvule Trust. She was made a senior Ashoka fellow for social entrepreneurship in 2006. She has also been a foreign correspondent, working for The Guardian and the BBC, among others. A graduate in biology and Latin American Studies from Princeton, she has over 30 years of work experience in Africa with a focus on trees, youth, HIV, families, and communication for social change. She holds a graduate certificate in agroforestry from the University of Missouri.

Dr Happiness Osebele, geneticist and mother of five, one of 29 senior plant breeders from around Africa attending the African Plant Breeding Academy in July 2016 at ICRAF. Photo: World Agroforestry Centre/Catharine Watson

Agriculture/Agroforestry / Biodiversity / Biotechnology / Capacity Building / Certification / Conservation / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / CRP6.1-Livelihood systems / CRP6.2-Management and conservation of forest and tree resources / CRP6.5-Impacts of trade and investment on forests and people / Extension Activities / Food Security / Food Trees / Forest / Forest Products / Genetic Resources / Germplasm / Knowledge Sharing / Medicinal Plants / Natural Resource Management / Nigeria / Plant Propagation / SD3-Tree diversity, domestication and delivery / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG04-Education and life-long learning / SDG05-Gender equality and women’s empowerment / SDG08-Economic growth and employment / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG15 -Ecosystems and biodiversity / SDG16-Peaceful and inclusive societies, rule of law and capable institutions / SDG17-Means of implementation/Global partnership for sustainable development / Seeds / Silviculture / Solutions / Species / Tree domestication / Trees / Women

by · 23 Jul, 2016

How Happiness is breeding plants for Africa’s future

  Plant breeders are improving food plants and building a more food-secure future for Africa. One has been working at it all her life despite early challenges.   A plant breeder called Happiness spent 17 months trying to...