Bukenya Hakim is a former Master’s scholar under MUST IUC-UCoBS Sub-project 2 at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Department of Biology. His research project focused on cropping systems and farmer-crop prioritized traits amidst climate change in Isingiro, Rubanda, and Rubirizi districts in Southwestern Uganda. He was supervised by Prof. Hervé Vanderschuren (KU Leuven University), Prof. Grace R. Kagoro (MUST), Dr. Justine Nakintu (MUST), and Ms. Dina Nabasumba (NARO). He is the current subproject 2 project assistant