AfriSMC is inviting you to a press briefing tomorrow. Details as follows.

TOPIC: PRESS BRIEFING – Role of Agri-Biotechnology in mitigating climate change

WHEN : Friday, June 3, 2022

TIME: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (NAIROBI TIME)

SPEAKER : Joel W. Ochieng, PhD

With COP 27 scheduled for Cairo later this year, the global focus is on Africa’s policy makers, climate change experts and the media to galvanize the world’s attention not only on the disproportionate impact of climate change on the continent but also the need for suitable mitigation and adaptation measures. In this press briefing, Dr. Ochieng, the Programme Leader, Agricultural Biotechnology & Wildlife, the University of Nairobi, will utility of agricultural biotechnology in the fight against climate emergency in Africa. Dr Ochieng, who is also the Secretary General of the Kenya University Biotechnology Consortium (KUBICO), a guild of biotechnology experts in Kenya using biotech approaches and innovations for better agriculture, health and the environment, holds a PhD in genetics & applied biotechnology from the School of Environmental Science and Management, Southern Cross/University of New England, Australia

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