Elsie Hamadina, 2009 AWARD Fellow, Nigeria

AWARD Fellow Elsie Hamadina was recently invited to give a presentation at the Fundamental for Life: Soil, Crop, and Environmental Sciences Conference in San Antonio, Texas, under the auspices of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSA). The title of her talk, delivered on October 17, 2011, was “The Effect of Provenance, Growth, and Storage Agro-Ecology on the Timing of Sprouting in Yam (d.Rotundata Poir)”.

Hamadina, a lecturer in the Department of Crop and Soil Science at the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria, was one of 23 presenters to an audience of 4,000 scientists, students, and professionals from the industry. “I am grateful that AWARD funded my ASA membership fees for two years,” said Hamadina. “I also appreciate the fact that USAID, through AWARD, supported my trip to San Antonio.”

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