Dr. Oliver Kiptoo Kirui

Country of current residence

Germany

Current position

Senior Researcher

Current institute employer

ZEF Department of Economic and Technological Change

Since

2016

Degrees / expertise

BSc. Agric Economics (2008)

MSc. Agric and Applied Economics (2011)

Phd. Development Economics (2016)

Professional experience

Senoir Researcher - Center for Development Research (ZEF); Junior Research Fellow - Center for Development Research (ZEF); Research Associate - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT); Research Assistant - Regional Strategic Analysis and knowledge support system-ECA at the International Livestock Research Institute; Research Assistant - Electronic Agricultural Research Network in Africa (eARN-Africa)

2021

Kampmann, W., O.K. Kirui. 2021. Role of Farmers’ Organizations in Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Overview of Continental, Regional, and Selected National Level Organizations. ZEF Working Paper Series, ISSN 1864-6638, 205 : 42 . Further Information

Kirui, O.K., A. Mirzabaev, J. von Braun. 2021. Assessment of land degradation ‘on the ground’and from ‘above’. Springer Nature Applied Sciences (SNAS), 3 (3) : 13 . (Open Access) Further Information
Review

2020

Mwangi, V., Owuor, S., Kiteme, B., & Kirui, O.K. 2020. Linking Household Food Security and Food Value Chains in North West Mt. Kenya.. Sustainability, 12 : 4999 . (Open Access) Further Information

Okello, J.J. O.K. Kirui and Z.M. Gitonga. 2020. Participation in ICT-based market information projects, smallholder farmers' commercialization, and agricultural income effects: findings from Kenya.. Development in Practice , : 1-15 . (Open Access) Further Information

Thomas Daum, Ygué Patrice Adegbola, Geoffrey Kamau, Alpha Oumar Kergna, Christogonus Daudu, Roch Cedrique Zossou, Géraud Fabrice Crinot, Paul Houssou, Lawrence Mose, Yarama Ndirpaya, A. A. Wahab, Oliver Kirui & Fatunbi Abiodun Oluwole. 2020. Perceived effects of farm tractors in four African countries, highlighted by participatory impact diagrams. Agronomy for Sustainable Development volume , 40 (47) : 19 . (Open Access) Further Information
Review

2019

Kirui, O.K. 2019. The complementarity of education and use of productive inputs among smallholder farmers in Africa. Further Information

Kirui, O.K. 2019. The Agricultural mechanization in Africa: micro-level analysis of state drivers and effects. Further Information

Kirui, O.K. & Mirzabaev, A. 2019. Determinants of Choice, Number and Simultaneous Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices in Eastern Africa. International Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 9 : 15 . (Open Access) Further Information

2018

Kirui, O.K. & Kozicka, M. 2018. Vocational Education and Training for Farmers and Other Actors in the Agri-Food Value Chain in Africa. Further Information

Kirui, O.K. & von Braun, J.. 2018. Mechanization in African Agriculture A Continental Overview on Patterns and Dynamics. Further Information

2016

Kirui, O. 2016. Economics of Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management and Poverty. Doctoral Thesis at Faculty of Agriculture, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn. Further Information

2013

Kirui, O., J. Okello, R. Nyikal, and G. Njiraini. 2013. Impact of Mobile Phone-Based Money Transfer Services in Agriculture: Evidence from Kenya. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, 52(2) : 141-162 .

2012

Kirui, O. K., J. J. Okello, J. J., and R.A. Nyikal. 2012. Awareness of Mobile Phone-Based Money Transfer Services in Agriculture by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya.. International Journal of ICT Research and Development in Africa (IJICTRDA). , 3(1), 1-13 : 1-13 . Further Information

Okello, J.J. O. K. Kirui, G.W. Njiraini and Z. Gitonga. 2012. Drivers of Use of Information and Communication Technologies by Farm Households: The Case of Smallholder Farmers in Kenya.. Journal of Agricultural Science, Vol 4, No 2 (2012) : 111 . Further Information

2011

Kabubo-Mariara, J., J. Massawe, J. Karugia, O.K. Kirui, and J. Wanjiku. 2011. Status, distribution and determinants of poverty in the COMESA region: a review of existing knowledge,. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)., Working Paper No.33. : 1-33 . Further Information

Forthcoming

Kirui, O.K. Skills Development for Value Chain Actors in African Agriculture. In: Danielle Resnick , Xinshen Diao and Tadesse Getaw (eds.): Policies for Successful Agri-Food System Transformation. Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) - 2020 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR). 98-107. (Open Acess)

Additionals, Curriculum Vitae
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Research themes

Markets and services
Agriculture, land use, climate change
Innovation and science policy
Governance and conflict
Health

Research countries

Burkina Faso
Ethiopia
Ghana
India
Kenya
Malawi
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Nigeria
Cameroon
Rwanda
Benin
Mali
Togo

Research projects

Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation

Working groups

PARI

Teaching

Deleopment Economics - Msc students (APO 240)

Tutorship of doctoral candidates

Annet Adong (ZEF B)

John Ndung'u (ZEF C)

Veronica Mwangi (Visiting student - University of Nairobi)

Additional information

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Professional experience

Degrees

BSc. Agric Economics (2008)

MSc. Agric and Applied Economics (2011)

Phd. Development Economics (2016)

Expertise

Development Eoconomics

Funding institutions

BMZ

Contacts

Center for Development Research (ZEF) University of Bonn, Genscheralle 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany Tel: +49 (0)228 73-4902 Mob: +49 (0)1601825250 Fax: +49 (0)228 73-1869 Email: okirui@uni-bonn.de

Former Senior Researcher

Former Division/Group:
Economic and Technological Change

Dr. Oliver Kiptoo Kirui

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