Dr. Bonface Ombasa Manono is an Extension Professor at Colorado State University. Bonface has a PhD in Agroecology from the University of Otago, New Zealand and an MSc. in Waste Management with Environmental Management from the University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom. He also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from Egerton University and a B.Sc. in Biology from Maseno University, both in Kenya. Since April 2023, Bonface has been working as the USDA-NRCS Small Acreage Management Specialist in Colorado. His role is to share research-based knowledge with landowners and managers. The goal is to help them solve immediate natural resource issues in order to increase their land’s viability, sustainability, and resilience. Prior to that, Bonface worked as a Lecturer at South Eastern Kenya University, Kenya. He is a Lead expert of the National Environment Management Authority - Kenya, and a member of the British Ecological Society, the Soil Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. His research interests include agricultural sustainability, soil-plant-water-environment interactions, waste management, and climate change issues.