"Mr. Hannington M. Obiero was appointed to the post of the IICI Field Implementing Coordinator in Kenya on January 1, 2014. In this role, he is responsible for coordination and implementation of Danforth Center field activities in Kenya. Mr. Obiero obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture at the University of Georgia - Athens in 1985. Prior to receiving his Bachelor’s, Hannington completed a three-year Diploma Course in Agriculture at Egerton University in 1975. He has attended a series of other courses which include: obtaining a diploma certificate in tissue culture and biotechnology at the University of Osmaria, India in 1997 and a diploma certificate in research and extension of Horticultural Crops in 1995 at Tengeru- Arusha, Tanzania. During his professional career, Mr. Obiero was a senior seed inspector with the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) from 1975 to 1990. Between 1990 and 1994, he conducted a series of agronomic trials on rain-fed rice and horticultural crops in western Kenya. Hannington has conducted screening and evaluation of large quantity of cassava germplasm for resistance to cassava mosaic disease, resulting in 24 cassava genotypes which are widely accepted and adopted by farmers in Western Kenya. Mr. Obiero has conducted capacity development with many farming communities and extension personnel of the Ministry of Agriculture and he has extensive training on GMO and biosafety regulations and the standard operating procedures that govern them. From 1999 to December, 2013, Mr. Obiero successfully coordinated cassava research in western Kenya and was also the Site Manager of the collaborative transgenic cassava project between Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) and the Danforth Plant Science Centre (USA) from 2011 to December, 2013. "

He conducted a series of agronomic trials on rain-fed rice and horticultural crops