Prof. Simon W. Ndiritu – Member

Director, Strathmore Agri-Food Innovation Centre (SAFIC) - MEMBER

Prof. Ndiritu, Simon Wagura is the Director of the Strathmore Agri-Food Innovation Centre (SAFIC),  and an Associate Professor of Development Economics at the Strathmore University Business School. He is also the Academic director of the Master of Management in Agribusiness, an Environment for Development Initiative (EfD) senior research fellow and advisor to the Kenya Climate Innovation Center Sustainability initiative. He spearheaded the establishment of the Agri-Food Innovation (AFI) Hub, where he serves as the hub Director. He holds a PhD. in Economics from the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He completed his MA (Economics) degree with the best master’s thesis. He also holds a Bachelor of Education (Economics and Mathematics) degree (First class honours). 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 also worked extensively on topics 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.