Sylvia Nyawira

Sylvia Sarah Nyawira is a researcher with over seven years of experience in crop and soil modeling. Since joining the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, she has been working in projects geared towards assessing the impacts of improved agronomic management practices, including perennial forages on soil organic carbon. Sylvia holds a PhD in Geosciences from the University of Hamburg and has experience in working with large-scale global models to assess the impacts of land-use change and land management on terrestrial carbon dynamics. Sylvia serves as a reviewer for various international journal. Within the Alliance, Sylvia has led and coordinated several research for development projects mainly in countries within East Africa, under the Multifunctional Landscape Lever and Tropical Forages program.