5 women scientists from Global South win award for water quality research
The 2024 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Women Scientists recognizes researchers from Bangladesh, Honduras, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Uganda.

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The 2024 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Women Scientists recognizes researchers from Bangladesh, Honduras, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Uganda.
“I surveyed more than 100 villages across Benin. I was shocked by the losses caused by pests, but also by the distress of the farmers trying to use chemical insecticides to control them.”
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Prof Yeyinou Laura Estelle Loko, PhD
Associate Professor of Zoology and Genetics at National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics (UNSTIM)