An agricultural economist with expertise and experience in: Agricultural economics, agribusiness, value chain analysis gender, inclusion and rural development. She has engaged in teaching, research and community engagement for over ten (10) years, with more experience in agricultural research for development. She has conducted research on different projects in different capacities; Principal Investigator, Co-principal Investigator, Supervisor and Research Associate. She is a member of the Uganda Agricultural Economists Association (UAEA) and the Lake Edward -Albert Advisory Board under the African Centre for Aquatic Education and Research (ACARE). She has expertise in conducting quantitative and qualitative research across various sectors. She has published papers in agriculture and fisheries economics, further, she is soon completing a PhD from the University of Bonn (thesis submitted), Germany specializing in Ecology and Natural Resource Management. Dorothy has worked with several international, local, and national non-government organizations. These include the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Agrinatura, GIZ, and Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO), and currently working Mountains of the Moon University, Fort-portal Uganda. She has participated in research for development with smallholder farmers on value chains for specific crops such as beans, coffee, and other commodities; fish and fish bi-products aimed at providing recommendations to improve commodity-specific value chains, including fisheries, Coffee, Cocoa, Common beans, Pigeon Pea, Maize etc. She has worked with smallholders in Uganda and beyond in the legume-based farming system to provide context-specific and targeted recommendations for rural development.