Dr. Christine Gacheri Chege Kiria was a GlobalFood member from 2012-2015. The information on this site reflects the status at the point of leaving GlobalFood.
Occupation after leaving GlobalFood
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Nairobi, Kenya
Name
Christine Gacheri Chege Kiria
Position
Research Associate (Subproject D1 (Link): Smallholder Participation and Household Welfare) & PhD candidate
Education
- PhD candidate in Agricultural Economics, University Göttingen, Germany (2012 - 2015)
Topic: Impact of supermarket on rural households in Kenya: Advisor - Prof. Matin Qaim - MSc. in Agricultural Economics, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2009 - 2010)
- BSc in Agricultural Economics, Egerton, Kenya (2002 - 2007)
Professional experience and research areas
International Potato Centre (CIP), Nairobi Kenya: 2011 – Feb 2012
- Importance of Orange-fleshed sweet potato in rural households
- Linking health and agriculture through Orange-fleshed sweet potato
- Impact evaluation of Orange-Fleshed sweet potato projects
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Nairobi, Kenya: 2010 - Consumer preference
- Quality protein
Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University, Nairobi, Kenya: 2007-2009 - Agricultural policy making
Research interests
- Impact evaluation
- Nutrition and agriculture
- Poverty & welfare analysis
- Food security
Publications
a) Peer-reviewed publications or book chapters
- Andersson, C., C. Chege, E.J.O. Rao, M. Qaim (2015). Following up on smallholder farm-ers and supermarkets in Kenya. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Doi: 10.1093/ajae/aav006.
- Chege, C.G.K., C.I.M. Andersson, M. Qaim (2015). Impacts of supermarkets on farm household nutrition in kenya. World Development 72, 394?407.
- De Groote, H., C.K. Chege, K. Tomlins, N.S. Gunaratna (2014). Combining experimental auctions with
a modified home-use test to assess rural consumers? acceptance of quality protein maize, a
biofortified crop. Food Quality and Preference Journal 38, 1-13.
- De Groote, H., N.S. Gunaratna, J.O. Okuro, A. Wondimu, C.K. Chege, K. Tomlins (2014). Consumer
acceptance of quality protein maize (QPM) in East Africa. Journal of the Science of Food and
Agriculture. DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6672.
- Perumal, N., D.C. Cole, H.Z. Ouédraogo, K. Sindi, C. Loechl, J. Low, C. Levin, C. Kiria, J. Kurji, M.
Oyunga (2013). Health and nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices of pregnant women
attending and not-attending ANC clinics in western Kenya: A cross-sectional analysis. BMC
Pregnancy and Childbirth 13, 146.
b) Other publications
- Andersson, C., C. Chege, M. Qaim, E.J.O. Rao (2013). Following up on smallholder farmers and
supermarkets. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 23. www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.html.
- Chege, C.G.K., C.I.M. Andersson, M. Qaim (2014). Impacts of supermarkets on farm household
nutrition in Kenya. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 31. www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.html.
- Chege, C.G.K., C.I.M. Andersson, M. Qaim (2014). Impacts of supermarkets on farm household
nutrition in Kenya. Paper presented at the XIV Congress of the European Association of
Agricultural Economists (EAAE), ?Agri-Food and Rural Innovations for Healthier Societies? 26-29
August 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia. http://purl.umn.edu/182724.
- Qaim, M., C.I.M. Andersson, C.G.K. Chege, S.C. Kimenju, S. Klasen, R. Rischke (2014). Nutrition
effects of the supermarket revolution on urban consumers and smallholder farmers in Kenya.
GlobalFood Discussion Paper 40. www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.html.
- Qaim, M., C.I.M. Andersson, C.G.K. Chege, S.C. Kimenju, S. Klasen, R. Rischke (2014). Nutrition
effects of the supermarket revolution on urban consumers and smallholder farmers in Kenya.
Paper presented as part of the Invited Paper Session ?Transforming Food Markets ?
Implications for Nutrition and Livelihoods in Developing Countries?, Annual Meeting of the
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), 27-29 July 2014, Minneapolis, USA.
http://purl.umn.edu/177204.