Dr. Norbert Maroya will be our expert of the week and answering your questions on Building Profitable Yam Value Chains
Dr. Norbert Maroya Norbert G. Maroya is an Agricultural Engineer at IITA and Project Manager of the Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA).
Dr. Maroya has 35 years of experience in agricultural research services specializing in plant breeding with a Ph.D. from the Department of Botany, University of Ghana Lagon. Specifically, he has over 20 years of regional and international experiences focusing on root and tuber crops and seed related project management, coordination and leadership in West Africa. Dr. Maroya has led a number of yam and cassava breeding projects across West Africa for a range of stakeholders including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, IITA, and HarvestPlus.
