“WHEREBY, YOU CONTRIBUTED EXTENSIVELY TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ZAMBIA. YOUR DEDICATION AND EXEMPLARY WORK HAS RESULTED IN THE RELEASE OF COWPEA VARIETIES THAT HAVE EXPANDED OPTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE, IN THE ADVENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE. BORN ON 4TH APRIL, 1944 IN ZAMBIA, YOU HAVE CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON MORE THAN 1000 RESEARCH TOPICS IN AGRICULTURE AND YOU HAVE PUBLISHED MORE THAN 40 PAPERS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS. YOU HAVE TRAINED MORE THAN 1,000 YOUNG RESEARCHERS IN AGRICULTURE IN ZAMBIA. WHEREBY, YOUR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SPANS A 50 YEAR PERIOD, FROM 1973 WHEN YOU WERE AN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH OFFICER, RISING TO PRINCIPAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH OFFICER IN 1985, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH UNDER THE ZAMBIA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN 1991 AND BECOMING LECTURER AND RESEARCHER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA FROM 1998 TO DATE (2023). BECAUSE OF YOUR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, YOU WERE AWARDED THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MERIT AWARD AS OUTSTANDING MALE SCIENTIST AT THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARDS CEREMONY IN 2014 BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL AND CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO RESEARCH IN 2012 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA. YOU HAVE THEREFORE, CONTRIBUTED IMMENSELY TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THROUGH YOUR INVENTIONS THROUGH TRAINING A HUGE CADRE OF RESEARCHERS CURRENTLY OCCUPYING POSITIONS IN MANY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS IN ZAMBIA. YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE AGRICULTURAL FIELD THROUGH WHICH MANY YOUNG ZAMBIANS HAVE BENEFITTED IS WORTHY OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | — |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 679 |
| Gazette Vol. | — |
| Gazette Date | 2023-05-24 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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