Dr Jane Ambuko is a senior lecturer and head of Horticulture at the Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection of the University of Nairobi. She holds a BSc Agriculture and MSc Horticulture from University of Nairobi (Kenya) and a PhD in Agricultural Sciences (Pomology and Postharvest Major) from Tsukuba University (Japan). She is a horticulturist with specialization in Postharvest science and technology. In this regard, she has received additional training on postharvest from the Postharvest Education Foundation, USA and Postharvest Training Center, UC Davis.