Ms. Ruth Khasaya Oniang’o taught in Kenyan universities and is Adjunct at Tufts University, Massachusetts. She is President of the Academy of Food Science and Technology. She spearheaded the completion of Kenya’s food and nutrition policy, facilitated the establishment of nutrition departments in Africa and has given a voice to these issues internationally. She served in the Kenyan Parliament; founded Rural Outreach Africa, to serve women smallholder farmers; and founded African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, to highlight African issues. She is the 2017 joint recipient of the Africa Food Prize. She is a strong advocate for nutrition and eradication of hunger and poverty, and women empowerment and youth mentoring in Africa.
