Professor Sheila Okoth is a woman with a mission: this associate professor at the University of Nairobi is researching solutions to combat the aflatoxin contamination of farm produce in Kenya. “Poverty is one of the major causes of aflatoxin poisoning due to poor storage conditions that promote fungal growth, and people’s unwillingness to dispose of contaminated maize due to their lack of food,” explains Okoth. “I am determined to help solve this problem that makes poor farmers even poorer.”