Bridging gender gaps by nurturing women scientists

Lourine Bii at work at Kiboko plant breeding station in Makueni County. [James Wanzala, Standard]

Lourine Bii, 33, is the first technician at Kiboko Plant Breeding Station in Makueni County.

In 2022, she transitioned after four years from the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) to the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) research centre. CIMMYT is one of the research centers at CGIAR, which is a global research partnership for a food-secure future.