2^nd World Bioenergy Congress and Expo

Veronica NE Uzokwe received her MSc in Agronomy (1998) from the University of Ibadan and her PhD (2008) in Plant Breeding/Genetics from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), both in Nigeria. Dr. Uzokwe joined the IITA, Dar es Salaam, Eastern African (EA) Hub in her current role as a System Agronomist in 2013 and she is currently the country project Coordinator for the Support to Agriculture for Research and Development of Strategic Crops in Africa (SARD-SC) project. Prior to this appointment, from 2011 to 2013, Dr. Uzokwe was a Plant Breeder/Agronomist with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Banes, Philippines.