Agnes Matilda Kalibata is a Rwandan agricultural scientist, policymaker, and president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). She was the Rwanda's minister of agriculture and animal resources.[1]
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Born | Rwanda |
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Known for | agricultural scientist and policymaker |
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Kalibata was born in Rwanda to a refugee in Uganda to parents who were smallholders.[2] She holds a bachelor's degree in entomology from Makerere University and biochemistry, master's degree in agriculture, also from Makerere University in Uganda.[3] She obtained her Ph.D. in entomology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[4]