Mary Abukutsa-Onyango

**Mary Oyiela Abukutsa-Onyango** (an haife ta a ranar 20 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1959) masanin kimiyyar jin kai ce da aikin gona daga Kenya wacce ta kware a fannin ilimin ƙanshi, ilimin noma, ilimin kimiyyar shuke-shuke. Abukutsa-Onyango farfesa ce a fannin lambu a Jami'ar Aikin Gona da Fasaha ta Jomo Kenyatta wacce aikinta ke mai da hankali kan amfanin gona na Afirka. Abukutsa Onyango ya yi nazari kan yadda za a yi amfani da kayan lambu na ’yan asalin Afirka don magance matsalar rashin abinci mai gina jiki a Afirka tare da tabbatar da ingantaccen nau’in kuɗaɗen shiga har ma a lokutan yanayi da yanayi mai wahala.

## Rayuwa ta farko da iyali
An haifi Mary Oyiela Abukutsa-Onyango a ranar 20 ga Fabrairun 1959 a Ematsuli, Kenya. Ita ce ta uku da aka haifa a cikin iyali mai yara takwas ga Enos Abukutsa Masele da Rosebella Amumbwe Abukutsa. An yi mata baftisma a cocin Ilungu Seventh Day Adventist a watan Agusta 1975 ta Fasto Washington Buka.  Yayin da take girma a kasar Kenya, Abukutsa-Onyango ya kamu da rashin lafiya saboda rashin lafiyar sunadarai na dabba, don haka danginta suka dafa kayan lambu na Afirka da suke da yawa a inda take zama kamar African nightshade, jute mallow, da koren saniya. Daya daga cikin kakarta ta dafa ganyen kabewa tare da man gyada ko sita. Mahaifin Abukutsa-Onyango, Enos ya ƙarfafa ’yarsa ta zama ilimi, kuma mahaifiyarta Rosebella ta koya mata ƙauna da kulawa. Abukutsa-Onyango ta auri J.C. Onyango a ranar 3 ga Afrilu 1987 kuma tana da 'ya'ya maza biyu, Douglas Ochieng" da Anthony Okelo .

## Ilimi
Abukutsa-Onyango ya halarci makarantar firamare ta Ematsuli daga 1966 zuwa 1972 a Emuhya, Kenya. Daga baya ta halarci makarantar sakandare ta 'yan mata ta Bunyore daga 1973 zuwa 1976 a Wekhomo, Kenya da Ng'iya Girls High School a 1977 a Ng'iya, Kenya. Ta sami digiri na farko na Kimiyya a Aikin Noma a 1983 daga Jami'ar Nairobi. Ta sami Masters na Kimiyya a Aikin Noma a 1988 daga Jami'ar Nairobi. A ƙarshe, ta karɓi Likitanta na Falsafa a Olericulture, Plant Physiology da Nutrition a 1995 daga Wye College, Jami'ar London. 

## Ayyuka da ayyukansa
Abukutsa-Onyango ta sha'awa da kuma godiya ga kayan lambu na asali na Afirka ya samo asali ne daga rashin lafiyan sunadarai na dabba da take da shi tun tana yarinya. Wannan ya sa ta bi aikin gona yayin da take so ta "bayyana yiwuwar da aka ɓoye a cikin kayan lambu na asalin Afirka", in ji ta. Ta shiga cikin bincike kan kayan lambu na asalin Afirka tun daga 1990 a matakin ilimi da kuma matakin aiki tare da manoma. Ta bincika tsire-tsire na asali na Kenya don bincika yiwuwar tsaba da manoma ke amfani da su. Binciken ta ya canza kuma tana mai da hankali kan abubuwan gina jiki na kayan lambu. Binciken da ta yi ya nuna cewa kayan lambu na amaranth, shuka gizo-gizo, da kuma abincin dare na Afirka suna dauke da adadi mai yawa na furotin da baƙin ƙarfe kuma suna da wadataccen calcium, folate, da bitamin A,C, da E. Shirya waɗannan kayan lambu kamar yadda Abukutsa-Onyango ya yi nazari na iya taimakawa wajen yaki da rashin abinci mai gina jiki a Afirka yayin da suke samar da abubuwan gina jiki da sunadarai ga waɗanda ba za su iya samun nama ba.

Abukutsa-Onyango mamba ce ta kungiyar Matan Afirka a fannin Bincike da Ci Gaban Aikin Gona (AWARD), shirin da aka kirkira don kara yawan ƙwararrun mata masu tallafawa mata manoman Afirka. Da wannan bayanin, Abukutsa-Onyango ya sami damar yin tasiri ga masu tsara manufofin Kenya. Misali, Ma’aikatar Lafiya ta shawarci asibitoci da su yi amfani da kayan lambu na ‘yan asalin Afirka a cikin abincin masu cutar kanjamau.

Abukutsa-Onyango ya wallafa kasidun kimiyya sama da 20 da aka yi bita na ƙwararru kuma yanzu yana koyarwa a matsayin farfesa a fannin aikin gona a Jami'ar Noma da Fasaha ta Jomo Kenyatta a Juja, Kenya. 

## Gudanarwa
Abukutsa-Onyango ya ba da shawarar amfani da tsire-tsire na asalin Afirka sama da shekaru 20. Ta jagoranci kamfen ɗin ilimi na jama'a kuma ta yi aiki tare da Gidajen cin abinci da manyan kantuna don gano yadda za a haɗa waɗannan kayan lambu masu gina jiki a cikin abincin mutane. Wata babbar matsala ita ce mutane ba su san yadda za a dafa kayan lambu ba. Abukutsa-Onyango ya nemi girke-girke da sababbin tsararraki suka rasa kuma ya gwada su don darajar abinci mai gina jiki.

Abukutsa-Onyango ya yi imanin cewa kayan lambu na asalin Afirka suna da ƙimar abinci mai gina jiki fiye da kayan lambu masu ban sha'awa kamar kabewa da spinach. Tana ba da shawarar dawo da waɗannan amfanin gona don magance batutuwan abinci mai gina jiki, kiwon lafiya, da talauci. A shekara ta 2010 ta kuma yi magana game da matsalolin buga ra'ayoyinta da kuma muhimmancin Open Access a Jami'ar Nairobi Library da Bioline International ta shirya.

Abukutsa-Onyango ya yi magana a TED@Nairobi don binciken TED2013 Talent .  Ta ba da shaidar rashin cin kayan lambu da 'yan Afirka ke yi da kuma shirye-shiryen ci gaba da kasuwanci da haɓaka kayan lambu na 'yan Afirka. Ta yi magana a taƙaice fa'idodin shuka waɗannan kayan lambu kamar ɗan gajeren lokacin girmansu, daidaita yanayin gida, jurewa damuwa, da ƙimar abinci mai gina jiki.

## Kyaututtuka da karbuwa

* An nuna binciken Abukutsa-Onyango ga Sakataren Harkokin Wajen Amurka, Hillary Clinton a ranar 5 ga watan Agusta 2009 a NARL-KARI . 
* Ta lashe lambar yabo ta farko da kuma RUFORUM trophy don Gasar Binciken Matasa da Mata a Addis Ababa, Habasha kuma Tarayyar Afirka ta amince da ita.
* Ta sami lambar yabo ta CGIAR Science Award for Outstanding Communications ta hanyar Kungiyar Ba da Shawara a Binciken Aikin Gona (CGIAR) a cikin 2007.  
* An ba ta lambar yabo ta Masanin Kimiyya na Duniya na shekara ta 2002 ta Cibiyar Bayanai ta Duniya, Cambridge, Ingila . 
* Ta sami lambar yabo ta Edinburgh a shekarar 2014 don sadaukarwa don neman mafita mai ɗorewa ga kiba da rashin abinci mai gina jiki a Afirka.

## Bayanan da aka ambata

## Haɗin waje

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2nVA0WS430