Dr. Abe Shegro Gerrano is a senior research scientist in agriculture with a specialization in plant breeding and genetics in the Agricultural Research Council, South Africa. Dr. Gerrano’s areas of research interest and responsibilities are plant breeding (conventional and molecular breeding and genomic selections), genetics and abiotic and biotic stresses in the assessment of genetic diversity in crop and crop wild relatives towards the genetic improvement of crops, especially for increased yield and nutritional value as well as breeding for drought tolerance in different environmental conditions towards resilience of climate change in South Africa aimed at increasing food security through breeding for desirable characteristics.