Prof. M. Saidi is an Associate Professor of Horticulture at Egerton University, Department of Crops, Horticulture and Soils. She is a member of the Horticultural Society of Kenya and Kenya Horticultural Society. She joined the Department as a Teaching Assistant in 1996. She is currently the Acting Registrar (Academic Affairs) and the Programme Coordinator for the Master of Science Horticulture Programme at the University. She is well grounded in managing research projects to successful completion tackling local, regional and international agri- based production challenges including emerging production technologies and capacity building. She is self driven, results oriented and a team player always geared towards achieving set objectives. She has a rich experience in the Horticulture and Education sectors with over 20 years of experience. She has established good working relationships with the horticulture industry of Kenya through the alumni of Egerton University and other team players in the agriculture sector. She has a rich experience in action research and capable of establishing good working relations with target groups. She has good experience in development, accreditation and delivery of agri-based curricula, having spearheaded departmental curriculum review a number ot times to include entrepreneural skills and climate smart production components. She has been involved in teaching and supervision of several students at diploma, bachelor, Master and Doctoral level and published over 30 papers in refererred journals. She is well grounded in sustianable crop production systems including cropping systems, crop environment manipulation and water and pest management with a special interest in low cost sustainable production systems and capacity building of the
of the same among potential vegetable and fruit growers and other stakeholders in the industry.
