Dr Rawlynce Bett is a university lecturer in the Department of Animal Production, University of Nairobi, Kenya, with a PhD in Agricultural Research, Department of Animal Breeding in the Tropics and Sub-Tropics, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, and a Master's of Science in Animal Production (Animal Breeding and Genetics), Egerton University Njoro, Kenya. He is an expert in data analysis with a focus on quantitative/statistical genetics and animal breeding, and with specific research interests in rumen metagenomics and improving the functional efficiency of livestock and insects. He has worked at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi Kenya for Global Environmental Fund (GEF) project in Asia (Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan) on reviewing and drafting documents, manuals, training modules and manuals, extension guides, project field reports and concept papers, and aligning them to project deliverables, work plans and/or milestones; and planning and conducting training activities for the national project teams (policymakers, scientists, site coordinators and students) in the GEF Asia project on the use of decision-support tools, computer and web-based databases, performance records for conservation and sustainable use of livestock at national, regional and global levels.