Dr. Marther Ngigi

Country of current residence

Kenya

Current position

Lecturer & chair

Current institute employer

Machakos University

Since

2017

Website current institute

www.mksu.ac.ke

Professional memberships

AAAE

Skills

Gender, value chains, agribusiness management, risc management, quantitative and qualitative research skills

Profession

Agricultural Economist

Degrees / expertise

Bsc Agribusiness Management, University of Nairobi Msc, Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Nairobi

Supervisors of
doctoral work

Prof. Joachim von Braun, Bonn University Prof Regina Birner, Hohenheim University

2017

Marther W. Ngigi.  2017.  Managing Risk under Climate Change in Rural Kenya Multiple Shocks, Poverty, Gender, and Potential for Group-Based Approaches.  Doctoral Thesis at  Faculty of Agriculture, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn.  Further Information
Ngigi M.W., Muller U., Birner R..  2017.  Gender Differences in Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Participation in Group-Based Approaches: An Intra-Household Analysis From Rural Kenya..  Ecologicaal Economics , 138   : 99-108   . (Open Access)  

Forthcoming

Ngigi M.W., Muller U., Birner R..  2017.  Farmers’ intrinsic values for adopting climate-smart practices in Kenya: empirical evidence from a means-end chain analysis.  Climate and Development , . (Open Access)  

2016

Ngigi M.W., Muller U., Birner R..  2016.  Gender differences in climate change perceptions and adaptation strategies: an intra-household analysis from rural Kenya.  ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy, 210   .

2015

Ngigi M.W., Muller U., Birner R..  2015.  The role of livestock portfolios and group-based approaches for building resilience in the face of accelerating climate change: An asset-based panel data analysis from rural Kenya..  ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy, 205   . (Open Access)  

2013

Ngigi M.W., Birner R..  2013.  Shocks, adaptation and livestock asset in Kenya, Evidence using panel data. Paper prepared for presentation at the 4th African Association of Agricultural Economics.  AAEA/ AEASA Conference in Hammamet, Tunis – Tunisia, September 23-25, 2013., .
Ngigi, M.W..  2013.  Gender, Assets and Climate Risk Management in Kenya..  Tropentag Conference University of Hohenheim, Germany, September 17-19, 2013., .

2012

Marther Ngigi, Barrack Okoba, Noora Aberman, and Regina Birner.  2012.  A Stakeholder Map for Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya’s Agriculture Sector. http://womenandclimate.ifpri.info/.  .
Marther W. Ngigi, Elizabeth Bryan, Claudia Ringler and Regina Birner, Joachim Von Braun and Barack Okoba.  2012.  Role of Group Participation in Access to Climate (Change) Information and Adaptation to Climate Change—Example of Kenya. A paper presented at CAPRi/CCAFS Workshop on Institutions for Inclusive Climate-Smart Agriculture September 10-13, 2012 Nairobi, Kenya.  .

2011

Ngigi, M.W, J.J. Okello, C.L Lagerkvist, N. K. Karanja, J. Mburu.  2011.  Urban Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Quality of Leafy Vegetables along the Value Chain: The Case of Nairobi Kale Consumers, Kenya. International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 7. URL: http://www.ijbssnet.com/archive/290.html.  .

Ngigi M.W., Muller U., Birner R..  Gender differences in climate change perceptions and adaptation strategies: an intra-household analysis from rural Kenya.  ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy, 210   . (Open Access)  

Additionals, Curriculum Vitae
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Research themes
  • Governance
  • Environmental and climate change
  • Institutions
  • Growth, inequality and poverty
  • Economic change and vulnerability
  • Gender
  • Markets and services
  • Innovation and science policy
  • Health
Research countries
  • Kenya
Research projects

Climate change, gender, collective action in enhancing women’s assets http://womenandclimate.ifpri.info/

Degrees

Bsc Agribusiness Management, University of Nairobi Msc, Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Nairobi

Research affiliation

IFPRI/ZEF

Doctoral research funded by

BMZ

Cooperation partners

Project Coordinators Agnes Quisumbing, Claudia Ringler (IFPRI); (ZEF), Germnay; Bangladesh: Data Analysis and Technical Assistance (DATA); Ethiopia: Addis Ababa University (AAU) & EDRI; Kenya: Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI); Mali: Institute d’Economie Rurale (IER)

Supervisors of
doctoral work

Prof. Joachim von Braun, Bonn University Prof Regina Birner, Hohenheim University

Marther Ngigi

Former Junior Researcher

Former Division/Group:
Economic and Technological Change

Office E-Mail:
m-ngigi(at)mku.ac.ke

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