farming systems

Staff

Anthony Whitbread

Anthony Whitbread

Program Director, Livestock, Climate and Environment (LCE)

Collins Oduor

Collins Oduor

Research Associate III

Jason Sircely

Jason Sircely

Ecosystem Ecologist

Karen Marshall

Karen Marshall

Principal scientist, Animal breeding and genetics

Kindu Mekonnen

Kindu Mekonnen

Senior Scientist, Crop-Livestock Systsems

Lutz Merbold

Lutz Merbold

Visiting Scientist

Nils Teufel

Nils Teufel

Senior scientist, Agricultural economy

Rodgers Rogito

Rodgers Rogito

Research Associate 1-Technical Assistant

Tunde Adegoke Amole

Tunde Adegoke Amole

ILRI country representative, Nigeria

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