Drake N. Mubiru, PhD, is a Principal Research Officer with the National Agricultural Research Organization of Uganda. He is a Soil Scientists with more than 25 years of agricultural research experience. He has conducted research and authored research articles in soil fertility management; soil and water conservation; and the environment including emerging issues such as effects and impacts of climate change and variability on crop production and productivity. He obtained his M.Sc. and PhD in Soil Science at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (USA) in 1992 and 2001, respectively. He has a B.Sc. in Chemistry obtained in 1989 at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda