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Department of Agriculture and Land use Management
School of Agriculture, veterinary Scinces and Technology.
P.O. Box 190-50100
Kakamega, KENYA
Office no. ABA 205
Kakamega-Webuye Road
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Prof Levi Shadeya-Mudogo Akundabweni
Prof.Levi Shadeya-MudogoAkundabweni is a Full Professor in the Department of Agriculture Land Use Management (ALUM);School of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences and Technology (SAVET).He holds a PhD in Forage Breeding and Agronomy, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, USA; MSc in Forage Agronomy - Pasture Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, USA and a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy and Applied Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus, Minnesota, USA.
Prof.Akundabweni has authored numerous research publications between 2021 and earlier, contributing to the fields of Crop Science, Sustainable Agriculture and Nutraceutical Breeding.His extensive research grant activities include MoBreed Project:EU Grant from 2016 to 2021; Namibia-Chinese funded Dryland Ecology Project for Varietal testing of Foxtail Millet for semi-arid lands of Namibia from 2013 to 2016 ; Smallholder Farming Systems Project: Screening indigenous plant biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin from 2009 to 2011 among others. Prof.Akundabweni's research activities are focused on linking Plants, People and Practices with Disciplines of Agronomy, Plant breeding & Plant Biotechnology. Apart from his active role in research,
He has supervised various MSc. and PhD students in Crop Science and Agronomy.
Some of his key publications:
- Simon Kamwele Awala , Kudakwashe Hove, Johanna Shekupe Valombola,Helena Nalitende Nafuka, Evans Kamwi Simasiku, Barthlomew Chataika, Lydia Ndinelao Horn,Simon Angombe, Levi S. M. Akundabweni and Osmund D. Mwandemele. Co-Cultivation and Matching of Early- and Late-Maturing Pearl Millet Varieties to Sowing Windows Can Enhance Climate-Change Adaptation in Semi-Arid Sub-Saharan Agroecosystems. Published on November 10th 2023 in Climate. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11110227
- LS Akundabweni, C Peter-Paul, BB Singh. Evaluation of elite lines of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) for leaf/fodder plus grain (ie dual purpose. Published 1990 in Tropical agriculture. https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19911624507 DOI:
- Edgar Mowa, Levi Akundabweni, Percy Chimwamurombe, Effiom Oku, Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa. The influence of organic manure formulated from goat manure on growth and yield of tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum). Published 2017/10/12 in African Journal of Agricultural Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2017.12657
- Levi Mudogog Shadeya Akundabweni. Forage potential of some annual native Trifolium species in the Ethiopian highlands. Published 1984 in South Dakota State University. https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/5727/
