Editors

About the Editor

Professor, Food Futures Institute; Director Centre for Crop & Food Innovation; Director State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre; International Chair in Agriculture & Food Security, Murdoch University, Australia

Prof. Rajeev Kumar Varshney FRS is a renowned agricultural scientist with over two decades of experience in genomics and molecular breeding. Currently, he holds multiple prestigious positions at Murdoch University in Australia. Prof. Varshney has made a significant impact on global food security by creating genomic resources for major "orphan" tropical crops, using these resources to identify genetic loci and candidate genes for drought and pest tolerance in staple crops in Sub-Saharan Africa and India, and spearheading international programs that deliver superior crop varieties to some of the world's most impoverished farmers. Prof. Varshney is an accomplished author, with more than 600 publications to his name, and has been recognized as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for ten consecutive years (2014-2023).

Editorial Board

1. Dr. Aggrey Agumya, Executive Secretary, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana.
2. Dr. Appolinaire Djikeng, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya.
3. Dr. Jeff Ehlers, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA.
4. Dr. Chike Mba, Deputy Director, Plant Production and Protection Division, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy.
5. Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Chairman, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
6. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chairperson, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
7. Dr. Wendy Umberger, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Canberra, ACT, Australia.
8. Dr. Florence Wambugu, Chief Executive Officer, Africa Harvest, Kenya.