Prof. Simon Wagura Ndiritu is an associate professor of Development Economics at the Strathmore University Business School. He is also the academic director of Master of Management in Agribusiness, and an Environment for Development Initiative (EfD) senior research fellow. He spearheaded the establishment of the Strathmore Agri-Food Innovation Center (SAFIC) where he serves as the Center Director.
Prof. Wagura 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). Simon has worked extensively on topic such as Climate change adaptation and mitigation, food security, gender issues, Agricultural technology adoption, Applied Micro- Econometrics, Energy, Economics of Water Resources, Livestock Economics, Corporate Environmental performance, and post-harvest losses. Together with Boston Consulting Group, Green Venture Africa, he is currently involved on Scaling climate-smart livestock ventures in Africa and African Pastoral Markets Transformation (APMT) programs.
Wagura 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.
Publications on google scholar link:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=IvH_UjYAAAAJ
ORCiD Profile
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8463-3758
Date:
Thursday, 25th July 2024 |4:10- 4:55 PM
Topic:
Comprehensive adaptation strategies that can enhance resilience to climate change
Moderator:
Prof. Hugh Waddington
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