James Kisaakye
<p><strong>Research topic</strong>: Development of biopesticides for below ground pest and nematode constraints of banana in East Africa.</p>
<p><strong>Research goals</strong>: To develop a microbial consortium that will effectively target multiple below ground pest constraints of banana.</p>
<p><strong>Host project and funding:</strong> Microbial Uptakes for Sustainable management of major banana pests and diseases – MUSA, funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 programme.</p>
<p><strong>Supervisors</strong>: Dr Sevgan Subramanian, Dr Solveig Haukeland and Dr Sunday Ekesi (<em><em>icipe</em></em>), and Dr Danny Coyne, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).</p>
<p><strong>Bio</strong>: James obtained a BSc in Biochemistry from Makerere University, Uganda, and na MSc in Nematology from Ghent University, Belgium.</p>