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Department of Nutritional Sciences

School of Public, Biomedical Sciences and Technology (MMUST)

P.O. Box 190-50100

Kakamega, KENYA

Office no. ABA Room 109

Kakamega-Webuye Road

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ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2102-5077.

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            ANNE ASWANI MUSOTSI

Anne Aswani Musotsi holds a PhD in Food Science and Nutrition from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology-Kenya; Master of Science degree in Community Nutrition and Development and B.Ed Home Science and Technology; Maseno University.  She has over 10 years of university teaching and academic research; working with rural, peri-urban and urban poor communities in Kenya. She is passionate about working with rural communities to enhance utilization of indigenous foods and bioactive compounds for nutrition and health. She is a PhD scholar of the project: Horticultural Innovations and Learning for Improved Nutrition and Livelihoods in East Africa (HORTINLEA) funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation. She was a visiting researcher; Faculty of Agriculture, Division of Gender and Globalization, Humboldt University of Berlin between the years 2015-2017, where she studied qualitative methods and integrating gender in to food and nutrition studies. She has attended various international conferences and workshops. She has featured in the movie “revival of the fittest” to promote indigenous vegetables in Kenya. She is Lecturer at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Department of Nutritional Sciences.

Some of her key published works include: -

1. Mithamo FN, Kamande PW, Konyole SO, Musotsi AA and AJ Sigot (2020): Acceptability of a mushroom enriched composite flour and porridge among child/mother dyads (6-24months) at Nabongo dispensary, Kakamega County- Kenya. Published by African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.95.20005.
2. Musotsi A.A, Makokha A, Abukutsa-Onyango M.O & Kilonzi S: Quantitative Changes of Ascorbic acid and Beta carotene in African nightshade (Solanum nigrum) and Spider plant (Cleome gynandra) by traditional cooking methods used in western Kenya. Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences Research 2019, 1(1) 51-63. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37512/600.
3. Musotsi A.A, Brückner M, Teherani-Krönner P, & Kingiri A: The Gender dynamics of provisioning African Indigenous Vegetables as a meal in Kenya: a meal security perspective. Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security 2018, 3(2) 36-50.DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.293598

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