Name Zeyaur Khan | ||
Professor zeyaur khan winner louis malassis prize for outstanding career in agriculture
Professor Zeyaur R. Khan is a Principal Scientist at International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe). He has dedicated his 30-year career as an international agricultural scientist to advancing the science and practice of agriculture by studying and applying chemical ecology, behavior, plant-plant and insect-plant interactions to improve farm productivity to combat poverty and food insecurity in Africa. He is responsible for the discovery and wide scale implementation of a pro-poor scientific innovation for enhancing food security and environmental sustainability in Africa]. This was achieved through the biologically-based IPM technology called "Push-Pull", developed for small-holder cereal-livestock African farmers. Prof. Khan’s work is an example demonstrating that creativity and innovation in science can provide practical solutions for the real problems of thousands of small-holder poor farmers and promote their food security and sustainable livelihoods.
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- Professor zeyaur khan winner louis malassis prize for outstanding career in agriculture
- Push pull a pro poor innovation by zeyaur khan at gifsconf2016 day 2 2 15 2 45 pm
- Career
- Appointments
- Recent Awards and Recognitions
- References