When we think of computer engineers, we usually picture them writing code in air-conditioned rooms full of wires and sockets — not on farms in rural communities in Africa.
So what went through the mind of Carl Wahl, an IT specialist turned agriculture expert, when he decided to make the switch ten years ago?
"I got sick of being in an office so I joined the Peace Corps," he told Devex from western Zambia, where the computer engineer serves as conservation agriculture coordinator for Concern Worldwide.