Makerere University Honours AfDB President Dr Adesina
Dr Adesina was feted for supporting scientists and researchers at the University’s Food Technology Department, helping to innovate in the production of shelf-stable flour produced from the national staple, the bananas, which could be turned into mashed banana meal known locally as matoke. The AfDB President recalled his work in Uganda as the Associate Director of the Rockefeller Foundation when he engaged the University faculty members in undertaking research on food technologies. The work done on the banana tissue culture, which was geared towards making the banana plantations in Uganda m...