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PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS/DISCUSSION PAPERS

  • Musyoka, J. K., Nyarindo, W. N., Alders, R., & Isaboke, H. N. (2025). COVID-19 and smallholder chicken farmers in eastern Kenya: assessing resilience and coping strategies. Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci, 13(7), 1571-1585. DOI | https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.aavs/2025/13.xxxxxx 
  • Maindi, C., Nyarindo, W., Ndirangu, S., & Isaboke, H. (2025). Gender differentials in smallholder participation in efficiency and livelihood-enhancing collective action initiatives in Central Kenya. Gender, Technology and Development, 29(2), 185-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/09718524.2025.2478768 
  • Ndung’u, N., Isaboke, H., Nyarindo, W., Otieno, M., Gicheha, M., & Kinyuru, J. (2025). Entwined evolution: how innovation networks foster collaborative growth in East Africa’s edible insect value chain. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 1(aop), 1-18. DOI:10.1163/23524588-bja10233 
  • Ndung’u, N., Isaboke, H., Nyarindo, W., Otieno, M., Gicheha, M., & Kinyuru, J. (2025). Gender differentials in cricket farming and its impact on household food security levels in East Africa. PloS one, 20(6), e0326108. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326108 
  • Ndungâ, N., Isaboke, H., Nyarindo, W., Otieno, M., Gicheha, M., & Kinyuru, J. (2025). Understanding gender dynamics on the intentions of small-scale traders to trade in edible insects in Kenya. Journal of Agricultural Science, 17(6), 1-42. URL: https://doi.org/10.5539/jas.v17n6p42
  • Kirimi, A. K., Gatimbu, K. K., & Nyarindo, W. N. (2025) Role of modern dairy farming technologies in enhancing milk productivity: A case of Meru County, Kenya. Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences  2025, 13(x): xxx DOI: https://doi.org/10.22194/JGIAS/26.1729http://www.jgiass.com.
  • Musyoka J. K, Nyarindo W. N, Alders R, Isaboke H. N. (2025) Gender roles and constraints in enhancing hybrid chicken production for food security in lower Eastern Kenya. PLoS ONE 20(3): e0318594. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318594 
  • Miriti C. M., Nyarindo W. N., Mburugu K.N., Nthiwa D. (2024). Determinants of smallholder farmers’ satisfaction with agricultural extension services in Embu County, Kenya. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 125(2)209–218. https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-2024093010896
  • Kirimi, A. K., Nyarindo, W. N., & Gatimbu, K. K. (2024). Is adoption of modern dairy farming technologies interrelated? A case of smallholder dairy farmers in Meru County, Kenya. Heliyon, 10(e38157). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38157
  • Maindi, C. N., Nyarindo, W. N., Ndirangu, S.N. and Isaboke H.N  (2024) Collective action typologies and their implications for policy targeting:The case of mallholder households from central region of Kenya, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 18 (101288). Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666154324003259
  • Maindi, C.N., Nyarindo W. N., Ndirangu S. N and Isaboke H.N. 2024. Debunking the one-size-fits-all approach: Synergistic and trade-off effects of collective action on household food security among the smallholder farmers in central Kenya. Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences 12:811-826.
  • Kioko, T.M., Ndirangu S. and Nyarindo W. (2024). Evaluating effect of climate smart agricultural practices adoption on productivity of drought-tolerant pulses: Insights from dryland areas of Makueni County, Kenya. Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences 12:799-809.
  • Nyarindo, W. N., Mugera, A., Hailu, A., & Obare, G. A. (2024). Do combined sustainable agricultural intensification practices improve smallholder farmers welfare? Evidence from eastern and western Kenya. Agricultural Economics. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12816
  • Isaboke, H. N., Qiao, Z., & Nyarindo, W. N. (2016). The Effect of Weather Index Based Micro-Insurance on Food Security Status of Smallholders. Agricultural and Resource Economics : International Scientific E-Journal, 2(3), 5–21. 
  • Isaboke, H. N., Qiao, Z., Nyarindo, W. N., & Ke, W. (2016). Explaining the Perception of Smallholders towards Weather Index Micro-insurance alongside Risks and Coping Strategies. International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, 4(4), 59–77.
  • Ogutu, W. N., & Obare, G. A. (2015). Crop Choice and Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Practices in Kenya. Adoption Pathways project discussion paper 10. CIMMYT, Nairobi. http://aciar.gov.au/aifsc/sites/default/files/docs/crop_choice_and_sips.pdf
  • Ogutu, W. N., Obare, G. A., & Kassie, M. (2015). Farm Plot Level Determinants of the Number of Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Practices Adopted in a Maize-Legume Cropping System in Kenya. Adoption Pathways Project Discussion Paper 9. CIMMYT, Nairobi http://aciar.gov.au/aifsc/sites/default/files/docs/plot_level_determinants_of_the_number_of_saips.pdf

 
PRESENTATION OF PAPERS AT ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

  • Ogutu, W.N., Mugera, A. Hailu, A. Adoption of sustainable intensification practices in Kenya: Analysis of choices among packages generated using K-modes clustering. Paper presented at the 64th Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference (AARES). Perth, Western Australia, 11–14 February 2020.
  • Isaboke, H. N., Qiao, Z., Nyarindo, W. N., Ke, W. (2016) Factors explaining producer perception towards weather index micro insurance: Evidence from Kenya. Fifth RUFORUM Biennial Regional Conference 17 - 21 October 2016, Cape Town, South Africa

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