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DR EDITH W. GATHUNGU

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Designation: LECTURER
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Job Category: Teaching
Phone Number: +254 722 605499
Division / Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture
Directorate / Dept: DEPT. OF AGRIC.ECON & AGRI/BUS
Section: NJORO

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2016: PhD. Human Resource Management - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)

1989: MSc. Labour Laws & Labour Welfare - Pune University, India

1987: B.Com ( Accounting and Auditing) - Pune University, India

1983: Kenya Advanced Cert of Education (A Level) - Kambui Girls High School

1981: Kenya Certificate of Education (O Level) - Aga Khan High School, Nairobi

1977: Certificate of Primary Education - Westlands Pri. School, Nairobi

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Human Resource Development
Organizational Development
Labour Management
Agri-business/ Agri-entrepreneurship development
Value Chain Analysis and Development

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

June 2010: Quality Assurance Self Assessment - Egerton University

June 18th – 22nd, 2012: Mainstreaming Value Chain In University Curricula For Kenyan Universities - PSDA/GIZ/GOK

August, 2013: E-Learning Capacity Building Course on Developing and Using Learning Materials - FORD FOUNDATION/RUFORUM

March 2017: Certified Professional Mediator - MTI International (East Africa)

September 2019: Pedagogical Leadership in Africa Training - Partnership for African Social & Governance Research (PASGR)

WORK EXPERIENCE

1989-1992: Part time Lecturer, Business Administration Dept. University of Nairobi

1992-Aug1993: Assistant Lecturer, Department of AGEC/ AGBM Egerton University

1993-to Date: Lecturer, Department of AGEC/ AGBM Egerton University

1997 to 2006: Coordinator Agri Business Management Program

2006 to 2012: Department Examinations Officer

2012 to 2016: Co-ordinator MSc. AGEC/AGBM programs, Nairobi City Campus Egerton University

2016 to 2019: AGEC/AGBM Department Examinations Officer

2019 – To Date: Coordinator, Military Science Program

KEY PROJECTS

2011 to 2012: A Survey of Agri Businesses in Nakuru County

2012 to 2013: Cluster mapping survey for Potatoes and Carrots Nakuru County

2014 to 2018: Strengthening Universities Capacities to Enhance Competencies of Agribusiness In East And West Africa

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

August 2007: Rural Household Labour Demand, Contract Choice, Hoarding Cost and Poverty: Evidence from Western Kenya. Gathungu, E., Musyoka, M.P. Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction and Millennium Development Goals in Africa, August 18-22, 2007. Accra, Ghana: AAAE Conference Proceedings (2007) 421-426
https://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/aaae07/52159.html
July 2014: Mshenga, P.M., Langat, J., Wambua, T. & Gathungu, E. Improving the competitiveness of the potato and carrot value chain in Kenya: An agro- cluster approach. Fourth RUFORUM Biennial Regional Conference 21 - 25 July 2014, Maputo, Mozambique. https://repository.ruforum.org/system/tdf/
2015: Gathungu, E. W. M., Iravo, M. A., & Namusonge, G. S. (2015a). Effect of Promotion Strategies on the Organizational Commitment of Banking Sector Employees in Kenya, 20(10), 36–45. DOI: 10.9790/0837-201013645
2015: Gathungu, E. W. M., Iravo, M. A., & Namusonge, G. S. (2015b). Transformational Leadership and Employee’s Commitment: Empirical Review, 20(7), 1–7. DOI: 10.9790/0837-20720107
2018: Vinjero Jennifer M., Hillary K. Bett & Edith Gathungu (2018) Determinants of Participation in Value Addition Activities Among Farmer Groups in Ntchisi District, Malawi. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development. Vol.9, No.20. https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/view/44732
2019: Mahamadou Soumaila Konté, Oscar Ingasia Ayuya & Edith Gathungu (2019). Effect of Entrepreneurial Behaviour on Farm Performance among Small-scale Farmers: Case of Niono Zone, Mali. Advances in Agricultural Science, Vol 7 (1), 24-39 https://theijhss.com/
2020: Mukhwami, J.T., Gathungu, E.W., Kalio, A, M. (2020). Econometric Modelling of Rural Farm Household Credit Allocation in Kakamega County, Kenya. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, Vol.11(4),172-181. DOI: 10.7176/JESD/11-4-20
2020: Okello, D, Gathungu, E, Ingasia, O, Feleke, S, & Owuor, G (2020). Effect of ICT tools attributes in accessing technical, market and financial information among youth dairy agripreneurs in Tanzania. Cogent Food & Agriculture. 6:1,
1817287. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2020.1817287
2020: Ngenoh, G.C., Kariuki, I.M., Gathungu, E.W.& Kiprop, S.K. (2020). Factors Influencing the Choice of Marketing Strategies Among Cassava Microenterprises in Kenya. African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 28 Issue Supplement, s1 pp. 117 – 129 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/acsj.v28i1.9S
2020: Mutinda, R.M., Gathungu, E.W., Kibe, A.M & Wambua, D.K. (2020). Factors Influencing Agripreneurs’ Investment Decision and Level in Clean Seed Potato Enterprises in The Highlands of Kenya; African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 28 Issue Supplement, s1 pp. 165 - 174 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/acsj.v28i1.12S
2020: Okello, D., Owuor, G., Larochelle, C.& Gathungu, E. (2020). Effect of Agribusiness Support Services on Choice of Dairy Cooperative Market Channel in Kenya. African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 28 Issue Supplement, s1 pp. 225-235. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/acsj.v28i1.17S
2021: Wanyonyi ,E.I, Gathungu , E.W., Bett, H.K, & Okello, D.O .(2021). Determinants of Porter’s competitive strategy utilization among agro-dealers in Kenya, CogentFood & Agriculture, 7:1, 1865595, DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2020.1865595

POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION

MASTERS LEVEL :

2004: The Effect of Occupational Health and Safety Programs on Employee Performance. MBA Thesis Maina Rachel W
2004: Impact of Teacher Motivation on the Achievement of Learners in Kenya Secondary School Examinations. MBA Thesis Kimei John N
2005: The Effect of Retrenchment Strategy on Public Organizational Performance MBA Makori Samwell King’oina
2018: Effect of Value Addition on Income Among Deepening Enterprise Development Groups in Ntchisi District, Malawi. Vinjero Jennifer Mkandawire MSc Thesis Agribusiness Management (AGBM)
2018: Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Farm Performance Among Small Scale Commercial Oriented Farmers: Case of Niono Zone, Mali. Mahamadou Soumaila Konte MSc Thesis Agricultural Economics (AGEC)
2020: Effect of Semi-Formal Credit Use on Rural Farm Household Income in Kakamega County, Kenya. Johnworker Toywa Mukhwami, MSc. Thesis Agricultural and Applied Economics (CMAAE)
2020: Effect of Soybean Marketing Channels on Smallholder Farmers’ Income in Kakamega County. Martha Wanjiru Gachuhi. MSc AGBM(Submitted awaiting defence)
2021: Influence of Porter’s Five Forces on the Competitiveness to Agrodealer Businesses in Nakuru East Sub-County, Kenya. Eileen Inyanji Wanyonyi. MSc AGBM (Submitted awaiting defence)

PhD. LEVEL :

2020: Impact of Agripreneurial Orientations on Resilience and Performance of Dairy Agripreneurs in Murang’a County: The Mediating Effect Agribusiness Support Services. Dickson Otieno Okello. PhD AGBM (Submitted awaiting defence)

OTHER SOCIETIES

Member: Association for African Women in Research and Development (AAWORD)
Member: Agricultural Industry Wages Council
Life Member: Kenya Red Cross Society
Member: International Food and Agribusiness Management Association
Member: Association of Nakuru Mediators

REFEREES

Prof. Symon M. Mahungu, PhD

University Industry Liaison Officer & Professor of Food Chemistry

Division of Research & Extension

Egerton University

P.O. Box 536-20115 Egerton, KENYA.

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Prof. Mike Iravo, PhD

Department of Business Administration

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricultural Technology

P.O.Box 62000-00200 Nairobi, Kenya

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Prof. Bernard K Njehia

Department of Agrocultural Economics

Kenyatta University

P.O.Box 43844-00100, Nairobi Kenya

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