OUR FELLOWS
Dancilla Mukakamari realized during her research for her bachelor’s degree that Rwandans have lost sight of some valuable indigenous vegetables that could help reduce hunger and malnutrition, and boost the food supply, if they were reintroduced. She is now dedicated to promoting the production and consumption of these orphan crops—including amaranth, pumpkin, African nightshade and African eggplant—to help improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
Mukakamari is dedicated to promoting the production and consumption of these orphan crops—including amaranth, pumpkin, African nightshade and African eggplant— to help improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
Field of Research
Indigenous vegetables are very resilient to climate change. They are inexpensive, don’t require much space to grow, and they are far richer in nutritional value than the more ‘trendy’ vegetables.