Catherine Njeri Kibunja is a Senior Research Officer (soil scientist) with a bias in soil microbiology. She holds a PhD degree in nitrogen dynamics and soil microbiology. She has extensive expertise in biological nitrogen fixation and the use of nuclear techniques in agriculture. She has participated in many IAEA funded projects focussing on enhancing agricultural productivity. In addition, she has evaluated the efficacy of several imported/locally manufactured bio-fertilizers before marketing in Kenya on behalf of the Kenya Standing Technical Committee on Imports and Exports (KSTCIE) of the Ministry of Agriculture. She is currently involved in validating and promoting sustainable soil fertility management strategies using lessons learnt from the Kabete long term experiment. She is also backstopping several collaborative projects, e.g., Efficient Nutrient use in east Africa (ENSET project by the Royal Netherlands); nitrogen efficient maize (IMAS project with CIMMYT) and the African Soil Information Service (AfSIS project with TSBF-CIAT). She is the current National Coordinator of Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) programme within the Natural Resources Management Division of KARI, where she is engaged in guiding research scientists, developing annual work plans and budgets. She has published several papers in conference proceedings and referred journals in the area of sustainable soil fertility management in continuous cropping systems.
Email: catherine.kibunja@yahoo.org