Prior to joining AfrII as a climate scientist on the project, Elizabeth Ahumuza worked with the National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL) as a Research Officer on the Soils, Agro meteorology and Environment Program.  She also worked on various projects including; ‘Enhancing Climate-Resilience of Agricultural Livelihoods’ as an Administrative Assistant; ‘GEF/ Sustainable Land Management project’ as a statistician; ‘Development and Dissemination of Optimum Cropping Calendars for Beans, Millet and Maize Derived for rain-fed Agriculture in four rainfall zones in Uganda project’ as a Statistician; ‘Integrating Modern and Traditional Approaches to Climate Forecasting (IMTAC) Project’ as a Statistician. Elizabeth has been involved in consultancies with several reputable organizations like TechoServe Uganda, Chemonics International, USAID, FAO-Uganda, and Enabling Environment for Agriculture.

She brings to AfrII 4+ years of experience in building resilience in Agricultural systems; development, validation and upscaling of climate smart agricultural technologies, soil and water conservation practices; crop and climate modelling, data management and analysis, research methods, project management, project monitoring, evaluation and survey design.

Elizabeth holds a Bachelors of Statistics from Makerere University, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management from Uganda Management Institute.