OUR FELLOWS
Tigist Markos grew up in Hawassa, Ethiopia as the sixth and lastborn child of two teachers. Early on, she recognized that nutrition is a major problem in her country, which is what spurred her to study Applied Human Nutrition for her master’s degree at Hawassa University.
When I see the areas that AWARD is working in, especially research, mentoring, and leadership, I know how helpful this program will be to me
Field of Research
I hope to integrate agriculture with nutrition by promoting home gardening, and by introducing improved agricultural products such as quality protein maize and improved chickpea varieties