Dr. John Mburu

Country of current residence

Kenya

Profession

Agricultural Economist

2007

Mburu J., J. Boerner, B. Hedden-Dunkhorst, A. Mendoza-Escalante and K. Frohberg. 2007. Feasibility of the mulching technology as an alternative to slash-and-burn farming in Eastern Amazon: A cost benefit analysis. Renewable Agriculture and Food System, 22(2) : 125-133 .

Mburu, J. and R. Birner. 2007. Emergence, Adoption and Implementation of Collaborative Wildlife Management or Wildlife partnerships in Kenya: A look at Conditions for Success. Society and Natural Resources, 20 (5) : 379-395 .

2006

Abebaw, D., K. Holm-Müller and J. Mburu. 2006. Understanding the Perceived Importance of Risk for Coffee Growers: Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, 45,3 : 253-268 .

Mburu, J. and E. Wale. 2006. Local Organizations Involved in Conserving Crop Genetic Resources in Ethiopia and Kenya: Conditions for their Emergence and Success in Ethiopia and Kenya. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 53 (3) : 613-629 .

Waswa, F. and J. Mburu. 2006. Potential of Dryland Farming in Kenya and Environmental Implications. In: Waswa F., S. Otor and D. Mugendi (eds.): Environment and Sustainable Development: A Guide for Tertiary Education in Kenya, Volume 1. School of Environmental Studies and Human Science, Kenyatta University, Downtown Printing Works Ltd, Nairobi. 70-90 (ISBN: 9966-776-02-8).

2005

Irungu, C., M. Zeller and J. Mburu. 2005. Assessing NGDOs' Targeting Performance and Characteristics of Households Participating in Child Development Programmes in Rural Eastern Kenya. J. of Agric. and Rural Dev. in Tropics and Subtropics, 106 : 119 .

Wale, E., K. Holm-Müller, J. Mburu and M. Zeller. 2005. Economic Analysis of Farmers' Preferences for Coffee Variety Attributes: Lessons for On-farm Conservation and Variety Adoption in Ethiopia. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, 44 : 121-139 .

2003

Mburu, J., R. Birner and M. Zeller. 2003. Relative Importance and Determinants of Landowners’ Transaction Costs in Collaborative wildlife management in Kenya: An empirical analysis. Ecological Economics, 45 (1) : 59-73 .

2002

Mburu, J. 2002. Collaborative Management of Wildlife in Kenya: An Empirical Analysis of Stakeholders’ Participation, Costs and Incentives; Socio-economic Studies on Rural Development Vol. 130. Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel KG, Kiel, Germany (ISSN 0175-2464; ISBN 3-8175-0371-5).

Mburu, J. and R. Birner. 2002. Analysing the efficiency of collaborative wildlife management: The case of two community wildlife sanctuaries in Kenya. International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, 5 (3 & 4) : 259-297 .

Forthcoming

Prakash, T.N., J. Mburu, H. Chandrashekar and D. Abebaw. Analysis of Farmers’ Willingness to Conserve Traditional Rice Varieties in the Western Ghats of South India. Outlook on Agriculture (in press). .

Additionals, Curriculum Vitae
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Research themes

Renewable energy
Knowledge

Research countries

Brazil
Ethiopia
India
Kenya
Uganda
Zambia

Research projects

BIOTA - BIOdiversity monitoring Transect Analysis in East Africa GRPI - Genetic Resources Policy Initiatives

Working groups

Leader: Natural Resource Group

Additional information

from June 2007 onwards at: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya, phone: +254 20 422 4704, mobile +254 721 730443; email: J.Mburu@cgiar.org

Funding institutions

BMBF, BMZ/GTZ, EU, FAO, IPGRI

Research partners

See www.biota-africa.org,

www.grpi.org,

www.coffee.uni-bonn.de,

www.ucl.ac.uk/bioecon