Ms. Elizabeth Khakasa is a Food Scientist/Research Officer at the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), in Uganda. She holds a Master of Science degree in Food Safety and Quality Management from the University of Greenwich, UK, obtained in 2014, but is currently a PhD fellow of Food Science and Technology at Makerere University, Uganda. Prior to that, she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Processing Technology from Kyambogo University, Uganda in 2008. She obtained a Level 3 Award in HACCP for Food Manufacturing and a Level 2 Award in Food Safety and Hygiene from the Royal Society for Public Health, UK in 2013 and 2018, respectively. Elizabeth has a wealth of experience in the areas of post-harvest technology, food processing, food quality, and safety, and has built skills in laboratory analyses, instrumentation, and data collection and analysis. Research interests mainly focus on food quality and safety, sensory analysis (descriptive analysis and consumer acceptability) of mainly East African Highland Cooking Bananas, roots and tubers, food security and sustainability, and food systems. She has both authored and co-authored over ten publications.