Project Team
Prof Daniel Mugendi
Is the project local promoter from University of Embu. Department of Agricultural Resource Management.
Prof Monica Mucheru-Muna
Is the project local co-promoter from Kenyatta University, Department of Environmental Sciences
Prof George Nyabuga
Prof Nyabuga is a project member from the University of Nairobi, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Prof Roel Merckx
Is the project Flemish co-promoter from University of KU Leuven, Division of Soil and Water management, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Prof Jan Diels
Is the project Flemish promoter from University of KU Leuven, Division of Soil and Water management, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Prof Benard Vanlauwe
Is the project partner from from International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).
Prof Jayne Njeri Mugwe
Is the project member from Kenyatta University, Department of Agricultural Science and Technology.
Dr Milka Kiboi
Dr Kiboi is a project member from University of Embu. Department of Land and Water Management.
Project Team
Mr Isiaya Sijali
Mr Sijali is a project member from Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization Mr Sijali is a project member from Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization
Mr Nathan Okoth Oduor
Mr Oduor is a PhD student in the project. His study is on the on-station experimental trials working on “Integrated soil fertility and water management practices for enhanced sorghum productivity in the drylands of Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
Ms Jane Akoth Omenda
Ms Omenda is a PhD student in the project. Her study is on “Sorghum water use efficiency quantification using Hydrogen, Oxygen and Carbon isotopes fractionation and discrimination approach in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
Mr Amos Mwenda Ndeke
Mr Ndeke is an MSc student in the project. His study is on “Gender influence on soil fertility and water management technologies uptake among smallholder farmers in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
Project Team
Ms Jackline Kanana Ndegwa
Ms Ndegwa is an MSc student in the project working on on-farm experimental trials. Her study is on “Integrated soil and water management practices for enhanced sorghum yields in the drylands of Tharaka-Nithi county, Kenya”
Ms Mercy Kangai Rugendo
Ms Rugendo is an MSc student in the project. Her study is on “Susceptibility of soils to different levels of soil organic carbon to erosion losses in Nitisols and Ferralsols of Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
Ms Maureen Wairimu Njenga
Ms Wairimu is an MSc student in the project. Her study is on “Influence of communication and dissemination pathways on uptake of selected climate-smart agriculture practices among smallholder farmers in drylands Tharaka-Nithi county, Kenya