Dr. Rebecca Jerop
Lecturer and Chairperson, Department of Agricultural Sciences · Laikipia University
Nyahururu, Kenya
About
Dr. Rebecca Jerop is a lecturer and Chairperson of the Department of Agricultural Sciences at Laikipia University in Nyahururu, Kenya, with a decade of experience working on millets. Her doctoral research examined agricultural innovations, productivity and commercialisation of neglected and underutilised cereals in Elgeyo Marakwet, Kenya. She joins the World Millet Federation to help build resilient and nutritious food systems by bringing millets back to farmers and consumers.
Millets track record
She was awarded a PhD scholarship by the African Economic Research Consortium in collaboration with DAAD, was named a One Planet Laureate Candidate in the second edition of the One Planet Fellowship, and received a travel award for the first Cologne Conference on Food for the Future. Her research on reviving finger millet for improved nutrition and food security was profiled by the Gates Foundation and showcased at the Chelsea Flower Show in the United Kingdom. Her ongoing work centres on farmer training in improved millet technologies, value addition, digital marketing, school food programmes and farmer field schools.