Contact us

Page reviewed:  24/04/2025

This is the operations team for the AgriFoSe2030 programme, led by a consortium of researchers and communicators from Sweden, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe. More information will come.

Programme management

Dr. Elisabeth Rajala
Programme Director
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, SLU
Telephone: +46 18-67 20 36
E-mail: Elisabeth.Rajala@slu.se

Professor Sofia Boqvist
Deputy Programme Director
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, SLU
Telephone: +46 18-67 23 88
E-mail: Sofia.Boqvist@slu.se

Mikael Rosenius, Head of Administration
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, SLU
Telephone: +46 18 67 18 57
E-mail: mikael.rosenius@slu.se

Hub Kenya

Associate Professor Cecilia Moraa Onyango
Hub leader Kenya
Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection,
University  of Nairobi, Kenya
E-mail: Cecilia.onyango@uonbi.ac.ke or ceciliam.onyango@gmail.com

Assistant hub leader: 
Dr. Justin Muhoro Nyaga 
University of Embu, Kenya
E-mail: nyaga.justin@embuni.ac.ke/ nyagajm@gmail.com

Communications officer:
Esther Nekesa 
University of Nairobi, Kenya
E-mail: enekesa@uonbi.ac.ke 

Principal Investigator:
Dr. Samuel Onyango Omondi
Maseno University, Kenya
E-mail: onyisam316@yahoo.com

Project lead:
Dr. Justin Muhoro Nyaga 
University of Embu, Kenya
E-mail: nyaga.justin@embuni.ac.ke/ nyagajm@gmail.com

 

Hub Uganda

Dr Judith Irene Nagasha
Hub leader Uganda
Department of Development Studies
Kyambogo University, Uganda
Email: jnagasha@kyu.ac.ug or judith.nagasha@gmail.com 

Assistant hub leader:
Dr. Enos Kitambo
Gulu University, Northern Uganda
E-mail: enoskitambo@gu.ac.ug

Communications officer:
Jennifer Sibbo, Kyambogo University, Uganda
E-mail: sibbojennifer@gmail.com

Principal Investigator GEMVAM:
Simon Peter Musinguzi
Kyambogo University, Uganda
E-mail: musinguzisimonpeter@gmail.com

Principal Investigator RUFS: 
Frank Mugagga
Makerere University, Uganda
E-mail: frank.mugagga@mak.ac.ug

Hub Zimbabwe

Professor Robert Musundire
Hub leader Zimbabwe
The Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies
Chinhoyi University of Technology
P.Bag 7724, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
Email: agrifose@cut.ac.zw; rmusundire@cut.ac.zw

Assistant hub leader: 
Tatenda Murefu 
Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe
E-mail: tmurefu@cut.ac.zw or taterue@gmail.com

Communications officer:
Shadreck Nembaware
Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe
E-mail: snembaware@cut.ac.zw; or nembawareshadie@aol.com

Principal Investigator GenSens: 
Merezia Wilson Bambaganya
University of Dar es Salaam Business School, Tanzania
E-mail: bambaganya.merezia@udsm.ac.tz 

Principal Investigator Edible Insects project:
Tatenda Murefu 
Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe
E-mail: tmurefu@cut.ac.zw or taterue@gmail.com 

 

Southeast Asia Network

Bibek Gautam
Research Associate 
SEI Asia, Bankok, Thailand
E-mail: bibek.gautam@sei.org 

Swedish support team

Dr. Veronica Brodén Gyberg
Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change,
Linköping University
E-mail: veronica.broden.gyberg@liu.se
 
Dr. Heather Mackay 
Department of Economics, Geography, Law and Tourism (EJT),
Mid Sweden University
E-mail: heather.mackay@miun.se 
 
Associate Professor Madelene Ostwald
Department of Thematic Studies/Environmental Change
Linköping University 
E-mail: madelene.ostwald@liu.se

Communication and engagement team

Silvija Marcinkevičiūtė
Communications lead
SEI, Stockholm Environment Institute
E-mail: silvija.marcinkeviciute@sei.org

Dr Selorm Kobla Kugbega
MEL lead
SEI, Stockholm Environment Institute 
E-mail: selorm.kugbega@sei.org

Dr Ivar Virgin
Senior adviser MEL
SEI, Stockholm Environment Institute
E-mail: ivar.virgin@sei.org

Agnes Bondesson
Communications officer and web editor
SLU Global, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
E-mail: agnes.bondesson@slu.se