Leslie Chan, "Chan, Leslie. 2010. "Prof. Mary Abukutsa-Onyango discusses the importance of Open Access for research from Kenya and other African countries"", contributed by Angela Okune, Research Data Share, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 30 March 2020, accessed 28 November 2024. http://577871.pcaf9.group/content/chan-leslie-2010-prof-mary-abukutsa-onyango-discusses-importance-open-access-research-kenya
Critical Commentary
This interview conducted in 2010 by Leslie Chan of Bioline International with Prof. Mary Abukutsa-Onyango of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology raises the challenges she faced when trying to publish her original research on African Indigenous Vegetables (AIV) in "international" journals. Chan and Abukutsa-Onyango discuss the importance of Open Access journals in Africa in ensuring that important research relevant to the continent are being published, read, and applied. According to the original posting of the interview from vimeo, the interview was recorded on Feb. 19th, 2010 at the University of Nairobi during a Workshop on Increasing the Impact of Research through Open Access, co-hosted by the University of Nairobi Library, eIFL.Net and Bioline International. bioline.org.br