Prior to joining FARA in 2006, Dr Agumya worked for six years as a Geo-Information Systems analyst at the World Agroforestry Centre within its regional programme for Southern Africa coordinated from Harare, Zimbabwe where he was responsible for identifying priority geographical domains for out-scaling agroforestry technologies. Through his work at the World Agroforestry Centre and FARA, Dr Agumya has acquired a deep understanding of the context, dynamics and drivers of Africa’s agriculture research and innovation landscape.
An alumnus of the University of Melbourne, Dr Agumya holds a doctorate degree in Geo-Information Sciences (GIS). He also holds an MSc in GIS from the International Centre for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) in Enschede, the Netherlands and a BSc in Surveying and Photogrammetry from the University of Nairobi, Kenya.
