May Muthuri

Strategic Communications ✨
Lover of books, nature, and travel ✨
Proud Mom, Daughter, & Sister ✨

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

Big win for Ethiopian 🇪🇹 farmers!

With @uwanews and @ICARDA, we're taking the fight against #lentil viruses — 📈yields, protecting livelihoods, and securing food supplies.

Read about a lab revolutionising lentil farming: https://t.co/Gw5vOEw1Yv

#Biosecurity #SDG2 #SDG17

[Australian Embassy, Ethiopia @AusEmbET]

Celebrating a milestone in Ethiopia's agriculture! 🇪🇹🎉

@ACIARAustralia in 🤝 with @uwanews and @ICARDA, innovative research is boosting #lentil production, enhancing #FoodSecurity, and empowering local farmers.

Learn more: https://t.co/kn7vroOzYl

#SDG17 #SDG2 #Biosecurity

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

From dry lands to a thriving oasis! Mrs Dube is revolutionising farming in 🇿🇼 with smart #irrigation and circular #FoodSystems.

Her farm isn’t just feeding her family — it’s inspiring a movement!

#SustainableFarming #SDG2 #SDG17 #Resilience

🔗 https://t.co/pnnPManCVi

[May Muthuri @MayMuthuri]

Spending time with Mrs Dube was humbling.

When research is built around farmers, the impact goes beyond one field — ripples through the entire community.

Read her inspiring story: 👇🏽

#FoodSystems #Irrigation #CircularEconomy #ACIAR #SDG17 #SDG2 #IWD2025

[ACIAR @ACIARAustralia]

Meet Mrs Thandanani Dube, who is turning water scarcity into sustainable farming success in rural Zimbabwe. 🇿🇼🌱

Read more: https://t.co/8Gamb2fcoJ

#IWD2025 #FoodSystems #ACIAR

[May Muthuri @MayMuthuri]

From farmers tending their fields to scientists in labs tackling plant diseases, so much work goes into ensuring #FoodSecurity and sustaining livelihoods.

But that's a detail we may easily miss when we enjoy our favourite meal🍲

#SDG17 #SDG2 #SustainableFarming #Biosecurity

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

Big win for Ethiopian 🇪🇹 farmers!

With @uwanews and @ICARDA, we're taking the fight against #lentil viruses — 📈yields, protecting livelihoods, and securing food supplies.

Read about a lab revolutionising lentil farming: https://t.co/Gw5vOEw1Yv

#Biosecurity #SDG2 #SDG17

[May Muthuri @MayMuthuri]

If I had a dollar for every time I read a headline portraying pastoralists as vulnerable, I’d have enough to buy a camel—maybe even a herd! 😊

But research shows they are survivors, strategists & visionaries. #ACIAR & @CRDD_kenya are shifting the narrative.

#ResilienceFromBelow

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

Pastoralists: not just survivors, but strategists.

With @CRDD_kenya and partners, our research in the drylands in 🇪🇹 and 🇰🇪, is proving what mainstream narratives miss — #resilience, adaptation and #innovation.

Learn more: https://t.co/ncKPr6GCgX

#ACIAR #ResilienceFromBelow

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

Science meets impact!

Listen in to how scientific research, #innovation, and strategic partnerships are improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in 🇿🇼 through better management of #water resources.

📹: https://t.co/mA1ZoHczIZ

#ACIAR #SDG2 #SDG17 #CircularEconomy

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

This #IDWGS, #ACIAR celebrates the brilliant women 👩‍🔬 driving #innovation, breaking barriers in research, redefining #FoodSecurity, and shaping the future in #ClimateResilience and #SustainableFarming.

@kathryntoure @icipe @ClareMukankusi @WangariCM @WomenScienceDay @CGIARgender

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

On #WorldPulsesDay, we celebrate farmer-led innovation!

30+ 🇰🇪 bean farmers joined researchers in a participatory variety selection, using the ribbon method to pick top-performing lines—aligning science with farmer needs for better 🫘!

🔗 https://t.co/ijde75aM0J

#SDG2 #SDG17

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

Pulses = #nutrition + #Sustainability + #Resilience!

🇪🇹's National Lowland Pulse Breeding Program, supported by #ACIAR, is advancing high-yielding, #ClimateResilient common 🫘 varieties to 📈 #FoodSecurity and farmer livelihoods

🔗https://t.co/5nNPHIJcJI

#SDG17 #WorldPulsesDay

[Landscape Alliance @TheLandAlliance]

What drives farmers to plant trees?

A new study in Kiambu County, Kenya, explores the factors influencing farmers' decisions to grow trees for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Read the findings: 🔗 https://t.co/klVlgIJbpH

#TreesPeoplePlanet

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

Using fruit #trees in #carbon projects can help prevent unintended loss of livelihoods and #FoodSecurity as a result of sequestration efforts & accelerate scaling up of #agroforestry.

More: https://t.co/lF2rYT75wu

@CIFOR_ICRAF @WangariCM @ShemKuyah @Njoki_Carol83

#ACIAR #SDG17

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

Fruit #tree diversity = 📈 #carbon storage!

Our partners, @CIFOR_ICRAF have unveiled research showing how diverse fruit trees on Kenyan farms help fight #ClimateChange and enhance #biodiversity in agricultural practices: https://t.co/iMsnXQB1Ht.

#ACIAR #SDG17 #FoodSecurity

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

From groundbreaking research on #FoodSystems to building #ClimateResilience, the #ACIAR Annual Review unpacks partner highlights, success stories, and what lies ahead in shaping agricultural innovation with farmers at heart.

Read: https://t.co/GBNd31uoah

#ACIARImpact #SDG17

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

Understanding the factors influencing households’ tree-planting decisions is essential for shaping policies and initiatives aimed at 📈on-farm tree cover and improving farmers’ incomes.

#ACIAR is proud to support @CIFOR_ICRAF's efforts in unpacking this: https://t.co/plWZisFhNn

[Tegan Brink @AuHCSouthAfrica]

The Virtual Irrigation Academy makes its Chameleon sensors in Pretoria based on Australian research by @CSIRO & backed by @ACIARAustralia. We're proud to support VIA to train 400 smallholder farmers in Limpopo & KZN to grow more food with less water through 🇦🇺's #directaidprogram

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

Adversity knows no limits for Francis, a poultry farmer, transforming challenges into opportunities.

Through an #ACIAR-funded project spearheaded by @icipe, Francis uses Black Soldier Flies to optimise poultry nutrition and 📈 his income.

📺 https://t.co/cBpfqK259V

#IDPD2024

[ACIAR in Africa @ACIARAfrica]

The Australian Government 🇦🇺 is investing A$76.4M to boost #ClimateResilience and #FoodSecurity in Africa!

Through #ACIAR, smallholder farmers will gain access to climate-smart innovations while strengthening local research and policy efforts.

➡️ https://t.co/PRYgjHAdbh
#SDG2

[Lee Hickey @DrHikov]

Checking out the LeasyScan for high throughput phenotyping canopy development and other water-use efficiency traits at @ICRISAT campus as part of the Mungbean Breeders Workshop supported by @CrawfordFund and @ACIARAustralia

Great to see some mungbean on the platform!

[Australian High Commission, Kenya @AusHCKenya]

An incredible stride for @IOA_UWA and @_PABRA researchers!

Their efforts in developing biofortified beans with faster cooking times brings beans closer to improved #FoodSecurity and healthier outcomes.

Learn more about this @ACIARAustralia initiative: https://t.co/007pswbY3i