OUR FELLOWS
Florence Lubwama Kiyimba’s current research focuses on the gender aspects of a technology that was designed by NARL-NARO to help Ugandan women reduce the time it takes to chop elephant grass for their penned dairy cattle.
“Working as a team, we carry out needs assessment surveys to identify constraints in agricultural production and then design and develop simple, appropriate, and gender-sensitive technologies to reduce the energy and time intensity on women and children, while minimizing losses in processing and adding value to the products,” explains Lubwama Kiyimba.
Working as a team, we carry out needs assessment surveys to identify constraints in agricultural production and then design and develop simple, appropriate, and gender-sensitive technologies to reduce the energy and time intensity on women and children, while minimizing losses in processing and adding value to the products,” explains Lubwama Kiyimba. “In most rural societies, women’s technology development needs have received very little attention, yet they are the primary labor force in agricultural production.
Field of Research
Gender-responsive agro-processing technology development and dissemination in smallholder dairy production.
Fellows Stories
Florence Kiyimba Wins Second in Women in Science Competition
Date: January 22, 2016
AWARD Fellow Dr. Florence Lubwama Kiyimba claimed second place in the prestigious, continent-wide Women in Science Competition, announced at the recent Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW) in Accra, Ghana.