Affiliateship: 2020-2024
Cohort 5
Country (Nationality)
Malawi
Discipline
Agricultural & Nutritional Sciences
Bio
Dr Michael M. Chipeta is a Plant Breeder and a Lecturer in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), Malawi. He holds a PhD in Plant Breeding from the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Dr Chipeta is a 2018 Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellow at the University of Tennessee, USA and a Fellow of the African Science Leadership Programme. He is the pioneer of the first Bambara Groundnut Breeding Programme in Malawi and his research is focused on selection and development of high yielding, nutritionally rich and stable Bambara groundnut varieties for improved food and nutrition security in Malawi. He also researches on genome editing and biosafety of transgenic plants to improve agricultural productivity, enhance economic development and contribute to food security in Malawi.