# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/florence-wambugu
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:24:19.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/florence-wambugu"
name: "Florence Wambugu"
slug: "florence-wambugu"
description: "Florence Mūrìngì Wambūgū is a Kenyan plant pathologist specialized in virology and genetic engineering. Wambūgū is the founder and Director of Africa Harvest, Kenya. She has used sustainable agricultural solutions through biotechnology to increase food production and combat food insecurity, hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Africa. She was the Africa Regional Director of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri Biotech Applications(ISAAA), Nairobi. She was the Chief Guest speaker at Kenyatta University's 44th graduation ceremony in 2018. She is a Monsanto USA post-doctoral fellow from 1991-1994."
tagline: "Kenyan plant pathologist and virologist"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1953-08-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.33
  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           8.537761333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "فلورينس وامبوجو"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Wambugu"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%95%D7%92%D7%95"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump