Dr Simon Wagura Ndiritu, is a senior lecture at the Strathmore University Business School. He is also the academic director of Master of Management in Agribusiness, an Environment for Development Initiative (EfD) senior research fellow and advisor to Kenya Climate Innovation Center Sustainability initiative. He is also serving in the Governing Board of Peace Unit Program in Kenya. Dr Ndiritu holds a PhD in Economics from School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He completed his MA (Economics) degree with the best master thesis. He also holds a Bachelor of Education (Economics and Mathematics) degree (First class honours). Before joining the PhD program he taught at the School of Economics at University of Nairobi, Kenya. He has a broad research interest in Applied Micro- Econometrics, Environmental resources Economics, Climate Change, Economics of Water Resources, Agriculture and Development Economics. He has worked on collaborative research with CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) scientists. He recently concluded a collaborative research on PRISE (Pathways to resilience in semi-Arid Economies) Project 3 – Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, Opportunities for Businesses and Sectors.
Dr Ndiritu is currently involved on a project on leveraging remote sensing and ICT to facilitate yield maximization, structured trading and inclusive value chain participation for smallholder staple grain farmers in Kenya. The project is funded by Innovate UK and is being undertaken by a consortium of institutions. He has worked extensively on topic such as Climate change adaptation and mitigation, food security, gender issues, Agricultural technology adoption, Applied Micro- Econometrics, Economics of Water Resources, Livestock Economics, Corporate Environmental performance, and post-harvest losses. Dr Ndiritu has great interest in agribusiness and post-harvest management. He has won several prestigious scholarships and awards. For instance, The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Academic Board prize for the best Master’s thesis in the 2006/2007 Academic year and the best gender paper for CCAFS 2011 (Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security). His research work has been published in reputable journals.
Fields of Interest
Development Economics, Agricultural and Environmental Resource Economics, Agribusiness, Gender issues, Agricultural technology adoption, Climate change adaptation and mitigation, Food security, Applied Micro- Econometrics, Economics of Water Resources, Livestock Economics, Value chain analysis, Corporate Environmental performance, Finance.
