{"id":40,"date":"2020-11-22T06:56:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T06:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/biosciences\/anthony-funga\/"},"modified":"2020-11-22T06:56:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T06:56:42","slug":"anthony-funga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.conas.sua.ac.tz\/biosciences\/anthony-funga\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Funga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-39\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conas.sua.ac.tz\/biosciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anthony.png\" alt=\"Anthony\" width=\"278\" height=\"281\" \/>Anthony is a Lecturer at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Tanzania. He holds a PhD in Life Sciences and Bioengineering. His research interest has spanned numerous topics in sustainable agriculture, but a common theme has been post-harvest technology, sustainable food and nutrition security, rural development and innovations systems for pro-poor.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony has managed and co-managed several research projects to promote sustainable agriculture. &nbsp;The projects are such as adoption of food quality and safety in horticultural sector in Tanzania \u201cfunded by the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH); Evaluation of the Up-scaling of interactive information and communication technologies to increase uptake of agricultural innovations in Tanzania funded by &nbsp;IFAD via Farm Africa international. He is a Co-PI of the ongoing USAID funded collaborative project under the partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) program.<strong> Project \u201c<\/strong>Enhancing Post-harvest Technologies and Food Safety Innovations in Fresh Tomato Value Chain\u201d funded by USAID, 2019-2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nationalacademies.org\/PGA\/PEER\/PGA_195850\">https:\/\/sites.nationalacademies.org\/PGA\/PEER\/PGA_195850<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony is a Lecturer at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Tanzania. He holds a PhD in Life Sciences and Bioengineering. His research interest has spanned numerous topics in sustainable agriculture, but a common theme has been post-harvest technology, sustainable food and nutrition security, rural development and innovations systems for pro-poor. 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