OUR FELLOWS
Nessie Dietrich Luambano was drawn to agriculture from a young age, having grown up in a village in southern Tanzania, where she helped her mother, a capable small-scale farmer. “In secondary school, I chose to study agriculture, and I was proud that I could help my mother buy the right medicine for our chickens when they were sick,” she recalls.
In secondary school, I chose to study agriculture, and I was proud that I could help my mother buy the right medicine for our chickens when they were sick,” she recalls.
Field of Research
Testing pest and crop management strategies with a focus on nematodes for safe and profitable vegetable production.
Fellows Stories
Two Award Fellows to Further Their Research after Receiving Prestigious Pearl Grant
Date: April 9, 2014
AWARD Fellows Nessie Dietrich Luambano and Olajumoke Alabi were selected among 753 applicants and three female finalists, to receive the 2014 PEARL (Program for Emerging Agricultural Research Leaders) grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.