RTG 1666: Transformation of Global Agri-Food Systems


Dr. Sylvester Ogutu was a GlobalFood member from 2015-2018. The information on this site reflects the status at the point of leaving GlobalFood.


Occupation after leaving GlobalFood

Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Goettingen


Name

Dr. Sylvester Ogutu


Research Interests

Experimental Economics
Rural Development Economics
Food Security and Nutrition Linkages
Agricultural Technology Adoption and Impact Evaluation
Agricultural Trade, Policy and Markets


Education


  • 2015 - 2018: Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, RTG 1666: GlobalFood, University of Göttingen, Germany. Thesis: Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages in the Kenyan Small Farm Sector: The Role of Commercialization, Technology adoption, and Extension (Download)
  • M.Sc. Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya - 2012
    Thesis topic: Impact of Information and Communication Technology - Based Market Information Services on Smallholder Farm Input Use and Productivity: The Case of Kenya
  • B.Sc. Agribusiness Management, University of Nairobi, Kenya - 2009



Professional Experience


  • 03/2015 - 05/2018: Research associate, RTG Global Food/ Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August-University Göttingen
  • 03/2014 - 02/2015: Research associate, International Potato Center (CIP), Kenya
  • 09/2012 - 02/2014: Research associate, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya



Publications

Peer-reviewed publications or book chapters


  • Ogutu, S. O., Ochieng, D.O., & Qaim, M. (2020). Supermarket contracts and smallholder farmers: Implications for income and multidimensional poverty. Food Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101940.
  • Ogutu, S.O., M. Qaim (2019). Commercialization of the small farm sector and multidimensional poverty. World Development 114, 281-293. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.10.012.
  • Ogutu, S.O., A. Fongar, T. Gödecke, L. Jäckering, H. Mwololo, M. Njuguna, M. Wollni, M. Qaim (2018). How to make farming and agricultural extension more nutrition-sensitive: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Kenya. European Review of Agricultural Economics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jby049.
  • Okello, J. J., Zhou, Y., Kwikiriza, N., Ogutu, S.,... & Ahmed, J. T. (2017). Productivity and food security effects of using of certified seed potato: the case of Kenya’s potato farmers. Agriculture & Food Security, 6(1): 25.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-017-0101-0.
  • Okello, J. J., Zhou, Y., Kwikiriza, N., Ogutu, S. O.,... & Ahmed, J. T. (2016). Determinants of the Use of Certified Seed Potato among Smallholder Farmers: The Case of Potato Growers in Central and Eastern Kenya. Agriculture, 6(4): 55.
  • Ogutu, S. O., Okello, J. J., and Otieno, D. J. (2014). Impact of information and communication technology-based market information services on smallholder farm input use and productivity: The case of Kenya. World Development, 64, 311-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.011.
  • Karugia, J., Massawe, S., Guthiga, P., Ogada, M., Ogutu, S.O & Macharia, E. (2014). Public agricultural expenditures in COMESA, EAC and IGAD: Status and trends. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI and Washington DC, USA: IFPRI. http://hdl.handle.net/10568/83025.


Other publications


  • Ogutu, S.O. (2018). Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages in the Kenyan Small Farm Sector: The Role of Commercialization, Technology adoption, and Extension. PhD thesis, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Göttingen. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-002E-E3F1-D.
  • Ogutu, S.O., A. Fongar, T. Gödecke, L. Jäckering, H. Mwololo, M. Njuguna, M. Wollni, M. Qaim (2018). How to Make Farming and Agricultural Extension More Nutrition-Sensitive: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 114, University of Goettingen. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.html.
  • Ogutu, S.O., M. Qaim (2018). Commercialization of the small farm sector and multidimensional poverty. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 117, University of Goettingen. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.html.
  • Ogutu, S.O., T. Gödecke, M. Qaim (2017). Agricultural Commercialization and Nutrition in Smallholder Farm Households. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 97, University of Göttingen. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.html.



Languages

English
Swahili