Dr. Millicent Omala is a trained environmentalist with passion for facilitating community-driven initiatives that improve livelihoods while protecting natural ecosystems. For over 11 years, she has implemented various projects in food systems strengthening, climate change response and natural resources conservation in Kenya, Ghana and Nepal. She has actively participated in climate and food systems policy dialogues in Kenya and Ghana.

In her role as the Climate Finance Policy expert at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Dr. Omala is the climate finance advisor on the “Enabling Market Intelligence and Building Engagement (EMBE) project” that supports Agribusinesses to efficiently deliver climate smart solutions to rural smallholder farmers, among her other climate finance and policy advisory roles.

An Award-winning author in sustainability and climate change, Millicent holds a PhD in Environmental Studies (Climate Finance) from Kenyatta University- Kenya, a Master’s degree in Environmental Governance from the University of Freiburg-Germany and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies and Community Development from Kenyatta University -Kenya.

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