Prof Chemining’wa is an agricultural scientist specialized in agronomy with special focus on integrated crop management. He holds a PhD in Plant Science (University of Manitoba, Canada), M.Sc. Agronomy (University of Nairobi), B.Sc. Agriculture at First Class Honours (University of Nairobi) and Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (ICRA, TheNetherlands). He teaches courses related to crop management and production systems, biodiversity, Biotechnology, plant nutrition and plant physiology at undergraduate, masters and PhD levels. He has supervised to completion, 39 masters and 4 PhD students in agronomy and related disciplines. He has coordinated projects dealing with integrated management of snap beans, dry beans, Navy beans, cowpea and rural innovation processes. He participated in the development of the national agricultural research system policy.