CURRICULUM VITAE. PAUL MAINA GUTHIGA, Ph.D. PERSONAL DETAILS

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE PAUL MAINA GUTHIGA, Ph.D. PERSONAL DETAILS Date and place of birth: June 30 th 1976; Nakuru District, Kenya Professional designation: Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi (on contract) Permanent address: P.O. Box Nairobi, Kenya Cell phone: Marital status: Married with 1 child Citizenship: Kenyan Profession: Agricultural Economist with specialization in natural resource/environmental economics & governance ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, University of Bonn, Germany, October 2004 December, 2007 M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya November May 2004 B.Sc. in Agriculture (First class honors), University of Nairobi, Kenya, November 1995-July 1999 OTHER RELEVANT TRAINING June/July 2004: Attended a 3-week short course on Food, Agricultural and Environmental Policy at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL) in Copenhagen, Denmark May 2004: Attended a one-week training workshop on Agricultural Knowledge and Information System (AKIS) with special reference to Potato organised by International Potato Centre (CIP) in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, 3 rd May- 9 th May 2004

2 October 2002: Successfully completed a one-week training on Integrating Gender Factor in Agricultural Research organized by the Eastern and Central Africa Programme for Agricultural Policy Analysis (ECAPAPA) held in Entebbe, Uganda. March 2002: Attended a two-day Workshop on Proposal Writing for Policy Research organized by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held in Nairobi, Kenya. December 2001: Attended a two-day Workshop on Policy Communication and Dissemination organized by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held in Nairobi, Kenya. CHRONOLOGY OF WORK & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE May 2008 to date: - Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi Summary of Tasks Offering courses in Mathematics for Economists, institutional & behavioral economics, environmental and social impact assessment, industrial organization among others. Supervising M.Sc. students and coordinating examinations at the department. From January 2008 to April 2008:- Senior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany Reviewing literature on avoided deforestation as a means of combating carbon emissions. Based on the review, develop a theoretically sound framework that would further discussion on the inclusion of avoided deforestation in the mainstream debate for mitigating carbon emission. August-November 2006:- Research Associate, ZEF Consult, University of Bonn Data elicitation from selected NGO s in Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa on their use of Information Communication Technologies. Output: A report presented to the German Parliament (Bundestag) titled The Significance of ICT s for Civil Social Engagement by the Example of Non- Governmental Organizations (NGO s) in Sub-Saharan Africa 2

3 October 2004 December 2007:- Junior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn. Analyzing economics of forest conservation and local community satisfaction with, different forest management approaches of Kakamega forest, Kenya. Outputs: PhD thesis (published as a book), conference papers & posters, journal articles May-July 2004: - Research assistant, Resource Management and policy Analysis Institute (REMPAI), Nairobi Preparing an inventory of research work undertaken in agricultural/rural sector in Kenya between for the World Bank-Kenya. It involved an extensive review of literature in all areas of agriculture and rural development undertaken by different local and international research and academic institutions for the period and identifying research gaps. The overall aim was to shed light on neglected research areas for possible future funding by the World Bank. September, April 2004:- Research assistant, Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), Nairobi Analyzing how farmers coped with price variability and volatility of major crops in Kenya. The study was carried out in two provinces; Eastern and Western. The overall aim was to analyse farmer s response to price variability and volatility since price liberalization for major crops and identify strategies that they adopted for dealing with this phenomenon. August February 2003:- Research assistant, International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya Analyzing how farmers allocated their labour in Banana production with special reference to IPM work in southern Uganda. The basic idea of this research was to analyse labor allocation patterns of banana producing farmers with special emphasis on time they allocate to integrated pest management related activities. 3

4 July-August 2003:- Research assistant, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi Carrying out a comparative ex-ante economic impact assessment for deployment of groundnut rosette resistance for groundnuts in Malawi. Three breeding methods were compared; conventional breeding, marker-assisted breeding and transgenics. CONSULTING EXPERIENCE January 2010 to February 2010: Co-Consultant, World Bank, Environment Department, Washington DC. Task: - To evaluate the Institutions-Centred Strategic Environmental Assessment (I- SEA) of Kenya s Forest Sector Reforms June 2009 to March 2010: Research Consultant, Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK) Task: - conduct a research on the link between Land use policies and natural resource management in Kenya using the case of the Nairobi River Basin. March-April 2009:- Co-consultant, PICO TEAM-Kenya Task: -Contribute towards an intervention strategy paper for the Bill and Melinda Foundation on livestock genetic intervention for small holders farmers in Africa. The assignment was done through economic analysis of several genetic intervention strategies February-April 2009:- Co-consultant, Sahara & Sahel Observatory (OSS) of the IGAD Task: - Mapping, assessing and analyzing socio-economic data & information on the management of Water resources in Kenya May 2008:- Consultant, National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) : To review NEMA s operational and training manuals on Economic instruments for environmental management. The overall aim of the consultancy was to critically review the manuals and assess their suitability for enhancing better environmental management in the country. 4

5 PARTICIPATION IN SELECTED WORKSHOPS November 2008:- International Workshop on Reduced Emission from Avoided Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), Milan Italy. Organised by Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Italy and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), USA. January 2009:- Technical Workshop on Behavioural and Institutional Economics. University of Pretoria, South Africa. Organised by the Collaborative Masters Program in Agricultural and Applied Economics in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (CMAAE). January 29 th - February 1 st 2009:-Workshop on Policy Advice. DebreZeit, Ethiopia. Organised by the Environment for Development (EfD) initiative. February 9 th February 13 th 2009:- Workshop on Thematic research for SIDA funded EfD-initiative projects, Gothenburg, Sweden. Organised by EfD Initiative February 2nd 2009:- Workshop on Sector Report (Environment, Water and Sanitation) on MTEF budget. KICC, Nairobi as a discussant November 20 th 2009: - Parliamentary Departmental Committees Workshop on Land Reforms (as a resource person on environmental and natural resource issues) PUBLICATIONS a) Journal articles 1. Guthiga P.M., Karugia, J.T. and Nyikal R.A., Does the use of draft animal power increase economic efficiency of smallholder farms in Kenya? Renewable Agriculture and Food systems 22(4) Paul M. Guthiga, Karin Holm-Mueller and John Mburu, Factors Influencing Local Communities Satisfaction with Different Forest Management Approaches of Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Environmental Management 41(5) Paul M. Guthiga, Understanding local community perceptions of existing forest management approaches of a Kenyan rainforest. International Journal of Social Forestry (IJSF) 1(2): Jan Börner, John Mburu, Paul Guthiga and Stephen Mutie, Farmers and Rainforest Remnants in Western Kenya: Ingredients for the Design of Cost- Effective Conservation Incentives. Forest Policy and Economics 11(7)

6 b) Books and contributions in books 1. P. Gildemacher, P. Maina Guthiga, M. Nyongesa, P. Kinyae, G. Woldegiorgis, Y. Lema, B. Damene, S. Tafesse, R. Kakuhenzire, I. Kashaija, C. Musoke, J. Mudiope, I. Kahiu and O. Ortiz Participatory Analysis of the Potato Knowledge and Information Systems in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. In: Innovation Africa: Enriching Farmers Livelihoods. Eds. P. C. Sanginga, A. Waters- Bayer, S. Kaaria, J. Njuki and C. Wettasinha. Pp London, UK; Sterling, VA, USA. ISBN: (Hardback) or (Paperback). 2. Paul Guthiga Economic Assessment of Different Management Approaches of a Kenyan Rainforest: Cost-benefit and Community Satisfaction Analysis. VDM Verlag, Germany ISBN pp 3. John Mburu (Ed), Iason Diafas, Paul Guthiga, Richard Hatfield, Serah Kiragu and Cecilia Ritho, 2005: Economic Valuation and Environmental Assessment Training. Training Manual for ZEF/IUCN Workshop Held in Kakamega, Kenya August Paul Guthiga and John Mburu (in press). Property rights and local communities incentives for forest conservation: case of Kakamega forest in Kenya. In Irit E. and Wolfram L. (eds) Institutional Change and the Local Governance of Natural Resources, ZEF, Germany c) Conference papers 1. Mwenda Makathimo and Paul Guthiga, Land Use Policies and Natural Resource Management in Kenya: The Case of Nairobi River Basin, Kenya. Conference Paper accepted for presentation at the XXIV International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) International Congress in Sydney, Australia: April, Paul Guthiga, Wairimu Mwangi, Wilfred Nyangena and Maurice Ogada, Land Reform and Natural Resource Management in Kenya: Lessons and Challenges for Land Policy. A Workshop Paper Presented at the Land Issues beyond the Land Policy. Nairobi, Kenya 3. Paul Guthiga and John Mburu: Local Communities Incentives for Forest Conservation: The Case of Kakamega Forest in Kenya. A Conference Paper presented at the 11 th Biannual Conference of International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC) Bali, Indonesia June 19 th to June 23 rd

7 4. Paul Guthiga, John Mburu and Karin Holm-Mueller: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Different Management Regimes of Kakamega Forest in Kenya. A Conference paper presented at the 8 th Annual BIOECON conference, Cambridge UK, August 2006 d) Others 1. Tobias Wuenscher and Paul Guthiga, Report from Kakamega Forest in Kenya: Biological Richness Under Threat. ZEF News No. 20 Special Issue on Biodiversity- produced for the 9th Conference of the Parties (COP9) of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Bonn 19 th -30 th May 2008, pp 4-5 AWARDS October, 2004: Awarded German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Ph.D. Scholarship at the University of Bonn, Germany June, 2004: Awarded a DANIDA fellowship, at DANIDA Fellowship Center, Copenhagen, Denmark August, 2001: Awarded International Food Policy Research Institutes M.Sc. Thesis Competitive Research Grant November, 2000: Awarded a University of Nairobi scholarship to pursue M.Sc. Degree at the University of Nairobi, Kenya MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) African Society for Ecological Economics (ASEE) African Association for Agricultural Economists (AAAE) Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA) COMPUTING AND LANGUAGE SKILLS Computing skills 7

8 Econometrics/Statistical Packages: LIMDEP, SPSS, STATA, DREAM, and EVIEWS Spreadsheets: Lotus and Microsoft Excel Word Processing: Microsoft Word Language skills Fluent in spoken and written English, Kiswahili and Kikuyu (mother tongue) Understands basic German REFEREES 1. Prof. Karin Holm-Mueller Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn, Nussallee 21, Bonn, Germany Tel: Fax: Dr. Wilfred Nyangena Coordinator and Research Fellow, Environment for Development (EfD-Kenya) Bishops Garden Towers, 2nd Floor, Bishops Road Box Nairobi Kenya Tel /4 Fax Dr. Joseph T. Karugia SAKSS Coordinator, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) P.O. Box Nairobi, Kenya Tel: Fax: