Tuesday 18 June 2013

Katumani Nguluu

Email: nguluu@yahoo.com
Tel: +254 733 986 011: +254 711 818 673

Dr. Nguluu is the Deputy Center Director, KARI-Katumani. The Centre is mandated to carry out research aimed at improving livelihoods in the arid and semiarid areas (ASAL) of Kenya. He is also an agronomist with specialty in soil science, seed production, and ASALs agricultural practices. Dr. Nguluu has worked with the Ministry of Agriculture and KARI as an Agricultural Extension Officer, a Research Officer, Principal Research Officer, and Principal Investigator for various projects within KARI. In December 2003, on referral from KARI, he was appointed by the Kenya government through the Ministry of Agriculture to be the Agricultural Operations Manager at the Kenya Seed Company, a position he held until 2007. He has a wealth of experience in ASAL farming techniques, seed production for crops and pastures, participatory research methodologies, intercropping, soil fertility and soil and water management. Over the years, he has acquired managerial skills, managing projects funded by the European Union, World Bank, and various government funded projects in Soil Science, Agronomy and Food security.