Yvonne Uwase Munyangeri

Yvonne Uwase Munyangeri is a Senior Research Associate at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, working under the Crops for Nutrition and Health Research Theme. With over 10 years of working experience with government and non-governmental institutions, Yvonne brings deep expertise in agriculture, biodiversity conservation, climate resilience, and food systems. She holds a master’s degree in Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resources Management and is trained in project management, with hands-on experience managing donor-funded initiatives across Africa.

Yvonne’s work is driven by a passion for improving nutrition, crop productivity, and climate resilience, especially for vulnerable groups such as schoolchildren, smallholder farmers, women, and youth. She focuses on enhancing access to nutritious, high-yield, climate-resilient seeds, and delivering actionable agroclimatic information through cutting-edge digital tools.

As an international trainer, Yvonne designs and delivers practical training programs for agricultural extensionists and farmers across East, West, Central, and Southern Africa. She develops training materials, facilitates workshops, and helps scale innovative technologies that strengthen climate-smart agriculture and resilient food systems. Her research interests span nutrition-sensitive agriculture, biodiversity conservation, environmental management, agroforestry, digital agriculture, and gender and youth empowerment.