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born 1946 Kenya

Ruth Khasaya Oniang’o (born September 9, 1946) is a Kenyan Professor of Nutrition and a former member of Parliament. She created Rural Outreach Africa (ROA) to empower smallholders to address malnutrition, she oversees her country's nutrition policy, and she is on the board of the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International.

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This was my dream since my childhood days.

When I started the journal, even getting it indexed internationally was not easy because it's interdisciplinary. So, in terms of gaps, I would say it’s that interdisciplinarity that is missing.

Now we are diversifying food crop production and emphasising healthy diets, bringing in water literacy, and addressing gender inequities and children’s [wellbeing]. It’s been like a whole community effort.

The journal was premised on what I had done in the field – it is like looking at an African village and everything that goes on in there! – but ultimately, [it’s about] how to feed your family a healthy diet.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ruth Oniang'o (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.