Prof. Nancy W. Mungai is a professor of soil science with research interests in biological nitrogen fixation in grain legumes, biological agricultural inputs, and relevance of soil-based approaches for adaptation & mitigation to climate change. She has successfully coordinated twelve research projects and several student internship programs. Prof. Mungai coordinated the project titled "Transforming African Agricultural Universities to meaningfully to contribute to Africa’s growth and development for eight years (2016-2024) whose success and impact has led to TAGDev 2.0 , which has been scaled to 10 other universities. TAGDev 1 supported 188 undergraduate and postgraduate students to pursue various agricultural related disciplines including agronomy, horticulture, agribusiness and food nutrition and animal nutrition. TAGDev 1 piloted an innovative model for agricultural training that facilitates agricultural students to work closely with rural communities to foster transformation of the agrifood system at several levels starting with the individual student/staff level, institutional level and at community level. Community action research approaches have been at the center of TAGDev program implementation.