Mary Abukutsa-Onyango: Why we should eat more indigenous plants and fruits

Mary Abukutsa-Onyango: Why we should eat more indigenous plants and fruits



公開日: 2012/07/05

Mary Abukutsa-Onyango, scholar and Professor of Horticulture at Jomo Kenyatta University, empowers citizens to learn sustainable uses and methods of production of indigenous African crops.
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Open Access and Research from Kenya and other Developing Countries
 

アップロード日: 2010/03/20

In an interview conducted by Leslie Chan of Bioline International, Prof. Mary Abukutsa-Onyango of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology discussed the challenges she faced when trying to publish her original research on African Indigenous Vegetables (AIV) in "international" journals, and the importance of Open Access journals in Africa in ensuring that important research relevant to the continent are being published, read, and applied. The implications of Open Access for development in African countries were also discussed. The interview was recorded on Feb. 19th, 2010 at the University of Nairobi during a Workshop on Increasing the Impact of Research through Open Access, co-hosted by the University of Nairobi Library, eIFL.Net and Bioline International. bioline.org.br

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