Morag Ferguson

PARTNER

Morag Ferguson obtained her MSc. and PhD. degrees from the University of Birmingham, UK, in Conservation Genetics, and worked with ICARDA, ICRISAT and IITA within the CGIAR system. For the past 18 years she has worked with IITA as a germplasm scientist and molecular breeder, based in Nairobi. Morag’s research is focused on cassava, particularly molecular breeding for cassava brown streak disease and cassava mosaic disease, as well as drought tolerance. She is particularly interested in genetic resources and gender responsive breeding, and dissemination of improved varieties through commercial seed systems. She has supervised 13 PhD students mostly from East Africa, and the same number of MSc students. She has published 43 peer-reviewed journal articles and is former co-ordinator of a BMGF project.