Andrew Adwera is an international development graduate expert from the University of Sussex, UK where he gained a joint Masters programme on Science, Society and Development jointly conducted between Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) and Institute for Development Studies (IDS). He is also an ESRC scholarship awardee (Masters), and also the German Government Environment Ministry Exchange Scholarship awardee on Climate Change Adaptation. His areas of specialization include: public policy analysis, PPP’s, Youths and Development, Women and Livelihoods, Pastoralism in Development, Food Security and Food systems in the Horn of Africa. Andrew has previously worked on major global narratives of innovation systems, environment and climate change and how they interrelate with policies, public and private and societies. 

Elijah Muange holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics at the University of Gottingen, Germany and an MSc in Agricultural & Applied Economics, and a BSc. in Agriculture from the University of Nairobi. He is an agricultural and rural development economist with vast experience in agricultural project evaluations and socio-economic and agronomic research in Eastern Africa. Elijah’s recent experience includes agricultural technology adoption; social networks; agro-dealer studies; seed research, management, and dissemination; and project evaluation and impact assessment.

Leonard Haggai Oduori holds a BSc in agricultural economics and an MSc in Applied Agricultural Economics from   Egerton   University. He has vast experience in agricultural extension and technology innovations and adoption within East and Central Africa. Research projects he has worked on include:  focus on credit demand and access among Kenyan smallholder farmers, postharvest losses (PHLs) in five Sub Saharan countries, and consulted for ASARECA on low technology adoption in five African countries.  Haggai has also fundraised for Kakamega’s Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project banana value chain scheme and Busia ICT and Agriculture Project. Currently, he is working on the Rethinking Extension in Africa project.

Ms. Mercy Kyande holds an MBA in Strategic Management from Daystar University, Post-graduate Diploma from Kenya Institute of Management, and B. Com (Accounts & Business Admin) from Daystar University. Mercy currently works as a consultant in private sector development, public policy, and advocacy. She has over 17 years of experience in the private sector focusing on organizational and association management. She has successfully led advocacy projects across the various sectors of the economy including agriculture, co-operatives, tourism, MSME, construction, lands, auto industry, among others.