{"id":10,"date":"2020-12-04T17:27:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T17:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2021-02-23T22:47:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T22:47:19","slug":"about-me-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/about-me-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My name is Lukonga Ngalama, a student of CCAFS. Am a Zambian and currently studying with the National University of Ireland &#8211; Galway. Am exploring information and experiences on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation at all levels as well as the current state of the food system.<br>To be specific, I would like to share any information on Climate Smart Agriculture interventions in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2021\/02\/IMG-20200925-WA00341-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"58\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2021\/02\/IMG-20200925-WA00341-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/about-me-2\/img-20200925-wa00341-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2021\/02\/IMG-20200925-WA00341-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2021\/02\/IMG-20200925-WA00341-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2021\/02\/IMG-20200925-WA00341-1.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I work for the the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Zambia under the extension services. My main responsibilities include to conduct in-service trainings on irrigation agronomy, and compile hydrological and hydraulic data for decision making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have had an opportunity in my work experience to be part of the implementing team on conservation agriculture strategies among smallholder farmers in zambia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Lukonga Ngalama, a student of CCAFS. Am a Zambian and currently studying with the National University of Ireland &#8211; Galway. Am exploring information and experiences on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation at all levels as well as the current state of the food system.To be specific, I would like to share any<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/lukonga-ngalama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}