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Dr. Justus M. Ombati, Ph.DLast Updated Wednesday, 23 April 2014 10:24
Dr. Justus M. Ombati, Ph.D
Snr Lecturer Agricultural Extension and Knowledge Management
Department of Agricultural Education &
Faculty of Education and Community Studies
P.O. Box 536-20115
Egerton, Kenya.
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Mobile: +254 722 692765/771788971
Email: [email protected]/[email protected]
EDUCATION
Year
Degree
Institution
2009
PhD Agricultural Extension
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Egerton University, Kenya
1994
MSc Agricultural Extension
Egerton University, Kenya
1990
BSc Agricultural Education & Extension
Egerton University, Kenya
1986
Kenya Advanced Cert of Education (A Level)
Njoro Boys High
1984
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Kenya Certificate of Education (O Level)
Nyanchwa High School
1980
Certificate of Primary Education
Nyambaria Primary School
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Dates/Year
Title of Certificate
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Institution Awarding
February 2012
Local Governance and Rural Decentralisation: Multistakeholder Processes for Institutional Strengthening
Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation
Sept 2012
CTA Executive Training on Information and Communication Strategy Development
CTA
March 2012
Transformative Leadership
Kenya School of Monetary Studies
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June 2011
E-Learning Capacity Building Course on Developing and Publishing of Digital Teaching and Learning Materials
RUFORUM/Futuristic Ltd
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Innovations and Value Chains, Knowledge Management
WORK EXPERIENCE
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Feb-2014-Todate
Senior Lecturer Agricultural Education and Extension Department
1998-2013
Lecturer, Agricultural Education and Extension Department
1994-1998
Assistant Lecturer, Agricultural Education and Extension Department
1990-1991
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Agricultural Education and Extension Department
2009-2012
Served as Chairman of Department, Agricultural Education and Extension Department
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20011-Todate
Serving as External Examiner, Bukura Agricultural College,
Agricultural Education and Extension Department
2012- Todate
Serving as a CTA Consultant on Information Communication Management (ICM) Strategy Development
RESEARCH PROJECTS (2009-Present)
Project period
Research Topic
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2009-2011
The Capacity of Technical Institutes to Deploy Extension Services to Micro and Small Medium Scale for Entrepreneur and Business Development in Kenya.
2012
A Review of Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Curricula used in Training and Research Institutions in Kenya
2012
An Assessment of Technical, Economic and Social Gaps and Information Needs for Smallholder Farmers in Practice of Ecological Organic Agriculture in Kenya
2012
Review of Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Researches in Educational and Research Institutions in Kenya
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PUBLICATIONS (2003-Present)
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Ngesa F.U., Ombati J. M . and Mutuku M. 2003. Extension services and enterprise development: Study of technology extension services to small and medium size manufacturing firms in Nairobi, Kenya.ATPS working paper 36 .
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J.M. Ombati, F.U. Ngesa and J.M. Githeko. 2007. Initiatives to revitalize public agricultural extension services in Kenya. A critical review of literature and theoretical framework. Journal of Education and Human Resources. Vol.4 no. 1 January 2007.
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Ombati, J.M . Ngesa, F.U. and Githeko, J.M. 2007. Factors influencing farmers’ adoption of information and communication technologies in accessing agricultural information: The case of Nakuru district, Kenya. Egerton Journal. Vol. 7 Special Issue, 200 7.
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Kamoni Njoroge, Justus M. Ombati and Agnes Oywaya-Nkurumwa. 2013. Implementation of Njaa Marufuku Kenya intervention in Kajiado County and the implications for food security. Academia Journal of Agricultural Research 1(1) May 2013 http://www.academiapublishers.org/ajar ISSN: 2315-7739 ©2013 Academia Publishing.
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Jacob J.J. Ochieng , Nkurumwa-Oywaya Agnes and Justus Moturi Ombati. 2013. Shaping Secondary School Agriculture: Stakeholders Influence on the Implementation of Relevant and SustanaibleSecondary School Agriculture Curriculum Between 1959 and 2012. World Journal Series. Paper No: WOR/2013/080
6.
M.A. Oyugi, D.M. Amudavi, J.O.M. Nandi and J.M. Ombati. Gendered Roles in Bambara Production Activities: A Case of Butere and Mumias Districts, Kenya. International Journal of Agriculture and Crop Sciences. Manuscript Number: IJACS-22-66. Accepted December 2013.
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Matilda A.Ouma, Christopher A. Onyango, Justus M. Ombati. Use of Participatory video in enhancing sorghum production among smallholder farmers in Rachunyo North Sub-County, Kenya.International Journal of Research in Agricultural Sciences. IJRAS-22. ISSN (Online) : 2348 – 3997 www.ijras.org 41, Naveen Swami Vivekanand Colony PO Piplani BHEL, Bhopal, M.P., INDIA
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POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISION
Msungu Andrew Charles-KM18/2555/09, MSc AICM: Evaluating Farmer-to-Farmer and FormalExtension Approaches in Sustaining Uptake of Legume Fodder Utilization in Smallholder Systems of Embu County, Kenya
Ochar O.I. -EM11/2971/11, MSc Agricultural Education: Role of Teachers Motivation inSecondary Schools Examinations Performance by Students in Selected Schools, KisumuCounty
Cherono J.T.-EM12/2973/11, MSc Agricultural Extension: Effects of selected FarmManagement Practices on wheat Yields in Small Scale Farms in Eldoret East District
Sylvester O. Sadimba-EM12/2331/10, MSc Agricultural Extension: Technical Efficiency of RuralYouth Participation in Rice Growing in Siaya County
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Masinde W. Benson-EM/2613/10, MSc Agricultural Extension: Evaluation of Effectiveness ofNational Agricultural and Livestock Extension Programmes (NALEP) Phase II in Fafi andGarissa Districts, North Eastern Province
Richard K. Kammngoror-EM12/2831/10, MSc Agricultural Extension: Factors Influencing FarmSpecific Action Plans as a Tool for Dissemination of Extension Messages in Koibatek District
Caroline Thuo. PhD. 2013. Agricultural Extension The Influence of Selected Elements in the diffusionofInnovationsonthe Adoptionof ImprovedSugarcane Technologies in Western Kenya
Ronald Nyamwamu. PhD. 2013. Implications of Human-Wildlife Conflict on Food Securityamong Small-holder Agro-pastoralists in Laikipia Counnty , Kenya
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CONSULTANCIES DONE/ WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES ATTENDED
22nd- 26thJune 2009: Participated in Web-2.0 e-content development workshop in Entebbe, Uganda.
11th- 15th October 2009: Participated in the Regional Workshop on Agriculture and RuralInnovation Systems (ARIS) to develop a regional PhD programme in Entebbe, Uganda.
11th-15th January 2010: Participated in moodle e-learning training workshop at EgertonUniversity, Kenya.
24th-31st March 2010: Presented a lead paper on the Egerton University experiences in theimplementation of the regional MSc. Agricultural Information and Communication Management(AICM) programme during a workshop to develop and plan for the MSc (AICM) curriculumworkshop for Haramaya University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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9th-12th May 2010: Participated in drafting the e-Learning policy and Strategic plan for EgertonUniversity at AFRALIT, Nairobi, Kenya.
23rd -5th June 2010: Course Coordinator during the Consultancy to Build Capacity in ExtensionManagement for the Kenya Forest Service Staff, held at CMRT, Egerton, Kenya.
2nd-6th August 2010: Participated in a Writers Retreat for e-content Development at EgertonUniversity, Kenya.
8th -11th August 2010: Presented a lead paper on Egerton University Experiences in the BSc.Agricultural Education and Extension programme to the School of Agriculture and EnterpriseDevelopment of Kenyatta University, during the BSc. Agricultural Extension curriculumdevelopment workshop at Naivasha, Kenya.
14th-20th November 2010: Presented a lead paper on the Egerton University experiences in theImplementation of the Regional MSc. Agricultural Information and Communication Managementprogramme during the Ministerial Conference on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa(CHEA) in Kampala, Uganda.
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7th -16th January 2011: Participated in the E-content writing Retreat to Develop Electronicteaching Resources for the MSc. (AICM) regional postgraduate programme in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.
26th April- 1st May 2011: Presented a paper to an E-content writing and E-learning policyworkshop on the experiences of Egerton University in e-learning policy and strategic planformulation and implementation at Kampala, Uganda.
10th-11th May 2011: Presented a lead paper on Egerton University Experiences in the BSc.Agricultural Education and Extension programme to the Faculty of Agriculture and NaturalResources Management of Kisii University College, during the BSc. Agricultural Extension andRural development curriculum development workshop held at Kisii, Kenya.
22nd- 24th June 2011: Presented a paper and a poster on Strengthening of University Capacityfor Promoting, Facilitating and Teaching Rural Innovation Processes during the Africa CollegeInternational Conference on Food Security, Health and Impact at Leeds University UK.
26th- 31st August 2011: Presented a paper to the Seventh RUFORUM AGM in Lilongwe Malawion the experiences of Egerton University in e-learning policy and strategic plan formulation andimplementation.
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14th -23rd November 2011: Leader trainer/Coordinator during the Consultancy to Build Capacityin Extension Management for Managers in the Sugar Industry in Kenya held in Kisumu, Kenya.
21st- 25th November 2011: Participated in the CTA Executive Training Workshop on Informationand Communication Strategy Development, in Kampala Uganda.
14th -19th May, 2012: Participated in a PAEPARD II Project- RUFORUM Write-shop to developfull proposals from the Concept Notes (developed in the Partnership Inception Workshop andother processes) as relevant to the EDULINK 4th Call for Proposal in Entebbe, Uganda.
21st -25thMay 2012: Participated in a Staff Reorientation Workshop for Implementation of theRegional PhD Programme in Agricultural and Rural Innovation (ARI) in Kampala,Uganda.
24th -28th September 2012: Facilitator in CTA’s InK4DEV week- An Information andCommunication Strategy Development Workshop (A
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side event to the RUFORUM Biennial Conference) in Entebbe, Uganda.
10th -12th October 2012: Lead Facilitator in Training for Middle Level Managers in the SugarIndustry in Kenya, held in Imperial Hotel Kisumu, Kenya.
October- December 2012: Lead Consultant in the Research, Training and Extension Project ofthe Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Inititiative for Biovision Africa Trust, Nairobi Kenya.
11th - 22nd February 2013. Participated in the course on Local Governance and RuralDecentralisation: Multistakeholder Processes for Institutional Strengthening, held inWageningen, in the Netherlands.
8th-20th July 2013. Participated in Video Production for Training of Farmers workshop organizedby Access Agriculture and hosted by Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya.
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25th -27th September 2013. Participated in the 3rd International Conference on Neglected andUnderutilized Species: For a Food Secure Africa, in Accra Ghana. During the Conference,presented a paper a paper entitled “ AnAssessment of Technical, Economic and Social Gaps and Information Needs for Smallholder Farmers in Practice of Ecological Organic Agriculture in Kenya”.
MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL/SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS
Membership Category
Organization
Member
Kenya DAAD Scholars Association
Member
Association of International Agricultural Education and Extension, (AIAEE)
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Member
Kenya Agricultural Teachers Association (KATA)
REFEREES
Prof Micah Chepchieng
Dean, Faculty of Education and Community Studies
Egerton University,
P.O.BOX 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya.
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Dr David M. Amudavi,
Managing Director,
Biovision Africa Trust,
c/o ICIPE
Po Box 307772-0100, Nairobi Kenya
Prof Fredrick. U. Ngesa
Department of Agricultural Education and Extension,
Egerton University
P.O.BOX 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya.
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