“Before CABI Academy, I used to avoid fieldwork because I lacked confidence.“
Mercy Akinyi Ogonyo did not set out to become a field advisor. When she joined KALRO Horticultural Research Institute (KALRO-HRI) as a crop health research scientist, her work was largely laboratory-based. Her role included identifying plant diseases from samples brought in by farmers, then passing findings to colleagues. This changed after Mercy discovered CABI Academy’s online courses, which helped boost her crop health knowledge and confidence to…