Laura Roberts-Nkrumah a pioneer in breadfruit science
Saturday 20 February 2021
The University of the West Indies paid tribute to Prof Laura Roberts-Nkrumah for her contributions to the field of science. Roberts-Nkrumah is professor of crop science and production within the department of Food Production at UWI St Augustine’s Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA). -
Prof Laura Roberts-Nkrumah is a pioneering woman in science, who for many years has operated at the highest level of her field. She is most well-known for her work in the breadfruit, raising the stature of this neglected and underutilised crop which was traditionally important for food security in the Caribbean but stigmatised as slave food and largely ignored by research.