Dr. Joshua Okonya, Uganda — Gulu la Akatswiri a Mbatata

Gulu la Akatswiri a Mbatata lolembedwa ndi Potato.News

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Dr. Joshua Sikhu Okonya, katswiri wodziwika bwino wa zaulimi komanso membala wa Uganda National Academy of Sciences, amagwira ntchito ngati Program Officer wa Agricultural Technology and Innovation ku Secretariat ya Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASERECA) yomwe ili ku Uganda. Poyamba adakhala zaka 10.5 ngati katswiri wa zaulimi ku International Potato Center (CIP).

Iye wathandiza kwambiri pakupanga mbatata ku Africa kwa zaka zoposa makumi awiri. Kafukufuku wake wafika pamlingo woyamba kawiri ku Africa: kuzindikira kachilombo ka Tobacco Rattle mu mbatata ku sub-Saharan Africa ndi kulemba za Potato Cyst Nematode ku Uganda, zomwe zonse zinathandiza kusintha njira zowunikira ndi kuyang'anira tizilombo kwa alimi ang'onoang'ono a mbatata.

Pogwiritsa ntchito njira zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimaphatikiza sayansi ya nyengo, sayansi ya tizilombo, ndi kusanthula kwa chikhalidwe ndi zachuma, amapanga njira zothanirana ndi tizilombo zomwe zimayang'ana kwambiri alimi zomwe zimayang'ana kwambiri momwe zinthu zilili pakati pa amuna ndi akazi komanso zogwirizana ndi zochitika zakomweko. Monga Wogwirizanitsa wa ASARECA's Climate-Smart Agriculture Alliance m'maiko 15, akutsogolera kukulitsa ukadaulo wa mbatata zomwe zimalimbana ndi nyengo, kuphatikizapo kudula mitengo ya apical ku Kenya ndi mitundu yomwe imalimbana ndi nyengo kwa alimi olumala ku Rwanda. Adathandizanso ku Africa's Pest Distribution and Risk Atlas, yomwe imathandizira kuthana ndi tizilombo moyenera komanso moyenera nyengo.

Dr. Okonya ali ndi digiri ya PhD mu Sayansi ya Zaulimi kuchokera ku Yunivesite ya Hohenheim, Germany, digiri ya MSc mu Ulimi Wachilengedwe ndi Wapadziko Lonse kuchokera ku Yunivesite ya Georg-August, Germany, ndi digiri ya BSc mu Botany ndi Zoology kuchokera ku Yunivesite ya Makerere, Uganda. Zotsatira zake zamaphunziro ndi zambiri, kuphatikizapo mabuku opitilira 100: buku limodzi, mitu 6 ya mabuku, zolemba 10 za mfundo, ndi nkhani 21 za m'magazini. Pofika mu Okutobala 2026, kafukufuku wake anali ndi mawu opitilira 1,388 ndi Google Scholar H-Index ya 17. Kuphatikiza apo, wapereka ntchito zolangiza akatswiri ku mabungwe akuluakulu otukuka padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza IFC-World Bank Group, GIZ-BMZ, CIP-CGIAR, IITA-CGIAR, ndi ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA).

Utsogoleri wa masomphenya wa Dr. Okonya, luso la sayansi, komanso kudzipereka kwake pa chitukuko cha unyolo wamtengo wapatali wa mbatata komanso kukonza chitetezo cha chakudya ku Africa yonse zikuwonetsa kusintha komwe atsogoleri a makampani opanga mbatata adakondwerera ku Kontinenti.

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