CURRICULUM VITAE

Daniel Kyalo Willy
Institute for Food and Resource Economics,
University of Bonn
Nussalee 21, 53115, Bonn, De.
Cellphone: +254724598988 or +4915224402003
Email: kyalodaniel@gmail.com / danielkyalo.willy@ilr.uni-bonn.de
Personal Details
Career Objective
Education
CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of Birth : 12 th August 1978.
Marital status : Married (with one Child).
Nationality : Kenyan.
To become a professional with a wealth of skills, knowledge and experience, who will be
actively involved in positive transformation of the agricultural sector and contributing to
economic development in Sub Saharan Africa and beyond.
06/10 – Present University of Bonn, Germany
PhD, Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural and Resource Economics),
Ongoing.
Thesis title: “An Economic Analysis of Water Institutions in the Lake
Naivasha Basin, Kenya.”
09/2006 – 06/2009 Egerton University and University of Pretoria, South Africa:
Completed Master of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics.
Specialization: Agricultural policy and trade
Course work Mean Grade: A. Msc conferred in November, 2009.
Thesis title: “Impact of Policy and Socioeconomic Factors on Spatial
Distribution of Livestock Production Systems in River Njoro Watershed,
Kenya.”
09/1999 – 11/2004 Egerton University: Completed Bachelor of Science in Agricultural
Economics with First class honours. Bsc. Agec (Hons) conferred on 09/05
01/1994 – 10/1997 Kalulini Secondary School, Kibwezi: Completed Kenya Certificate of
Secondary Education (K.C.S.E) with Mean Grade B + (plus)
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01/1984 – 11/1993 Kwakyai Primary School, Kibwezi: Completed Kenya Certificate of
Primary Education (K.C.P.E) with 485/700 points.
Short courses attended
March 2010
Feb – March 2010
May 2009
April 2008
August 2006
April 2007
May 2006
April 2005
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) : Executive course on
Policy analysis and “Research into Use” (RIU)
Local livelihoods Ltd, UK: Certificate in Results Based Project
Monitoring and Evaluation, Online course.
Impact analysis applied to agriculture and rural development. A Short
course during the AERC Research Frontiers in Agriculture for
Development Conference, held in Mombasa, May 28 th -30 th , 2009. Course
facilitated by Elisabeth Sadoulet and Jeremy Magruder.
Ermis Africa, Nakuru: Certificate in Introduction to Geographic
Information Systems (GIS).
CTA, Ermis Africa and IPACC, Nakuru: Certificate in Participatory
Three dimensional Modeling (P3DM), training held in Mau complex,
Kenya in August 2006.
Michigan State University and Egerton University, Njoro: Certificate
in Survey research methods and use of SPSS for Socio-economic analysis.
Hope and Care Association, Nairobi: Certificate in HIV/ AIDS
counseling and training.
Valentine Computer College, Thika: Certificate in Information
Technology Applications.
Employment History
10/11-present : Junior Researcher, Institute for Food and Resource Economics,
University of Bonn. ( http://www.ilr.uni-bonn.de/abtru/abtru_e.htm ).
09/09 – 06/10 : Technical Assistant, African Agricultural Technology Foundation
(AATF)
(AATF is a not-for-profit organization designed to facilitate and promote
public/private partnership for the access and delivery of appropriate proprietary
agricultural technologies for use by resource –poor small holder farmers in Sub-
Saharan Africa. Website: www.aatf-africa.org)
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08/2006 – 06/2009 : Graduate Research Assistant (Socioeconomics) SUMAWA - Global
Livestock CRSP Project.
(SUMAWA was a multidisciplinary research project funded by USAID
through GL CRSP, with international collaboration that was studying the
Biophysical, Livestock and Human interactions in River Njoro watershed,
Kenya.)
01/2009 – 12/2009 : Part-time Assistant Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics,
Egerton University (http://www.egerton.ac.ke/http://www.egerton.ac.ke)
06/2005- 08/2006 : Research Assistant, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and
Development.
(Tegemeo is a Policy Research Institute of Egerton University, with a mandate to undertake
empirical research and analysis on contemporary economic and agricultural policy issues in
Kenya. (Website: http://www.tegemeo.org.)
Experience and Achievements
Research
Since 2005, my research interest and actual research work has been on the following areas:
1. Agricultural policy analysis and the economics of sustainable smallholder farming
systems in SSA.
2. Small holder farmers access to high value agricultural markets.
3. Access to appropriate technology by resource-poor farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
4. Biofuels, interactions between agriculture and the environment and organic farming.
5. The application of New Institutional Economics (NIE) economic analyses especially on
input and output markets and natural resources management.
My specific research activities have been:
Designing and implementation of household surveys.
Data collection instrument design.
Recruitment and training of field data collection research assistants.
Overseeing data collection and data entry exercises.
Data cleaning and quality control.
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Econometric and statistical data analysis using statistical software (e.g. SPSS, STATA
and LIMDEP).
Application of quantitative methods in agricultural policy analysis.
Interpretation of results and preparation of technical reports, research & policy briefs and
peer reviewed journal articles with occasional presentation of outputs in different
stakeholder forums.
Teaching
Lecturing Farm Management & Accounts, Resource Economics, Principles of Marketing,
Principles of Management, and Entrepreneurship to undergraduate students.
Conducting short courses at Egerton University on research methodology, Quantitative
data analysis methods, Data analysis tools (Models and software: SPSS and STATA),
Surveys and data collection tools design.
Graduate Student Supervision
Involved in supervision of students undertaking Bachelor and Master theses.
Research Administration
Fund raising through research and project proposal development.
Review of technical reports and project proposals.
Involved if preparation of research technical, activity and management reports.
Coordination of research activities: field work, deliverable reports and project staff
training.
Project Monitoring and Evaluation
Design of project monitoring and evaluation strategies.
Conducting project monitoring and impact assessment studies.
Involved in periodic exercises on monitoring of projects.
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University research projects involved in
06/2010- Present : RCR Project.
Responsibility : Junior researcher/ PhD student
(The Resilience, Collapse and Reorganization in Socio ecological systems in African Savannas
(RCR) is a interdisciplinary research project funded by the Germany Research Foundation
(DFG) and implemented in Kenya and South Africa by researchers from University of Koln and
University of Bonn) Website: http://www.fg1501.uni-koeln.de
06/2009- 06/2010 : PROBIOFUEL Project.
Responsibility : Project Secretariat assistant.
(PROBIOFUEL is a three year research project with collaboration between Egerton University,
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), BOKU University (Austria) and Szeged
University (Hungary) that will research on the impact of Biofuel feedstock production on small
scale farmers in Kenya, 2009-2011).
11/2006 – 09/09 : BOMOSA project
Position : Graduate research assistant - Socioeconomics component.
(BOMOSA was a multidisciplinary research project funded by the European Union, promoting
cage fish farming in temporal water bodies and reservoirs in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia.)
Website (http://bomosa.oeaw.ac.at/ )
01/2007 – 12/09 : Organic Agriculture with Trees (OAT) Project
Position
: Research Assistant: Marketing research, Survey designer and Data
Analyst.
(OAT was a project between Egerton University, BOKU University and ICRAF researching on
the prospects of sustainable agricultural production through Organic Farming and Agro -
Forestry in East Mau catchment, Kenya).
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List of Publications
Books
Kyalo, D., Ngigi, M., and Nguyo, W. (2010). Spartial Distribution of Livestock Production
Systems: The influence of Policy and Socioeconomic Factors. Saarbruecken, Germany,
Lambert Academic Publishing.
Refereed Journals
Kyalo, D., and Chiuri, W. (2010). New Common Ground in Pastoral and Settled Agricultural
Communities in Kenya: The Role of Institutions and the Gender Implications. European
Journal of Development Research 22(5): 733-750
K. A. Ngetich, R. J. Birech, D. Kyalo, K. E. Bett., and B. Freyer. 2009. Caught Between Energy
Demands and Food Needs: Dilemmas of Smallholder Farmers in Njoro, Kenya. Journal
of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Sub-Tropics 110 (1) : 23-28.
Research briefs
Kyalo, D. and Kiptanui, A. (2010). Community Environmental Interventions in the River Njoro
Watershed, Kenya. GL-CRSP Research Brief 10-01-SUMAWA, January 2010.
Available at: http://glcrsp.ucdavis.edu/publications/SUMAWA/10-01-SUMAWA.pdf
Kyalo, D., and Muhia, N., (2009). Livestock Production Systems and Environmental
Interactions: Producer Response to Climate and Market Changes in the River Njoro
Watershed, Kenya. GL-CRSP Research Brief 09-09-SUMAWA, April, 2009.
Available at: http://glcrsp.ucdavis.edu/publications/SUMAWA/09-09-SUMAWA.pdf
Conference papers and posters
Kyalo, D. W., Kuhn, A. Holm-Müller, K. (2011). Options for Improving the Design and
Enforcement of Water Institutions in Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya. Proceedings of the
Tropentag Conference held at the University of Bonn October 5 – 7 2011.
Kyalo, D. W., Kuhn, A. Holm-Müller, K. (2011). Functioning of Water Institutions under
Power and Information Asymmetries: Insights from the Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya.
Proceedings of the IWRM Conference held at Maritim Hotel, Dresden, and October 12-13
2011.
Kyalo, D., Freyer, B., Bett, E., Ngetich, K., and Birech, R. 2010. Analysis of Organic Products
Marketing Channels in Kenya: A Transaction Costs Approach. A poster Paper presented
at the Tropentag Conference held in Zurich, Switzerland, September 14 - 16, 2010.
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Kyalo, D., Daniel Heese, D., Freyer, B., Bett, E., Ngetich, K., and Birech, R. 2010. Attitudes in
Consumption of Organic Products in Kenya: A Comparative Analysis of Local and
Foreign Consumers in Nairobi. A poster Paper presented at the Tropentag Conference
held in Zurich, Switzerland, September 14 - 16, 2010.
Bett, K. E., Kyalo, D., and Freyer, B ., (2009). Barriers to the Adoption of Non-Certified
Organic Agriculture by Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from East Mau
Catchment, Nakuru, Kenya. Poster presented during the Tropentag conference, held in
University of Hamburg, October 6-8, 2009.
Birech, R., Kyalo, D.W., Freyer, B., Place, F., Bett, E.K., Murenga, H., Ngetich, K., (2009) Tree
Density and Diversity among Farmers within a Dynamic Water Catchment: The Case of
East Mau, Kenya. Poster presented at the second World Agro forestry Congress, August
23 rd -28 th Nairobi, Kenya.
Semenye, P., and Kyalo, D.W., (2009). Tangible Outputs and Sustainability: The Case of
SUMAWA Project, River Njoro Watershed, Kenya. Poster presented at the GL CRSP
final Conference, June 2009, Naivasha, Kenya.
Kyalo, D., Birech, R., Freyer, B., and Bett, E., (2009). The Role of Organic Farming Technology
Adoption on Household Poverty Eradication: The Case of Small Scale Farmers in East
Mau Catchment, Kenya. Proceedings of the First African Organic Conference held in
Sheraton Hotel, Kampala, May 18 th - 22 nd , 2009.
Freyer, B., Bett, E.K., Birech, R., Heese, D., Malinga, J., Lagat, J., Kyalo, D.W., Ngetich, K.,
Place, F., Walaga, C., (2009). The Role of Organic Agriculture in Combating Climate
Change. Proceedings of the First African Organic Conference held in Sheraton Hotel,
Kampala, May 18 th - 22 nd , 2009.
Birech, R., Freyer, B., Kyalo, D., (2009). Contribution of Organic Agriculture to Improving
Household Income. Proceedings of the First African Organic Conference held in
Sheraton Hotel, Kampala, May 18 th - 22 nd , 2009.
Kyalo, D., Ngigi, M., Nguyo, W., Muhia, N., Mutai, B., (2009). The Imperative Role of
Livestock Production in Restoring a Degraded Environment: Evidence from River Njoro
Watershed, Kenya. Proceedings of the SUMAWA MAU Forest Complex Conference,
held at Egerton University, April 27 th – 29 th , 2009.
Kiptanui, A., Kyalo, D., (2009). Achieving Sustainable Environmental Management: Lessons
from Interventions by SUMAWA project within River Njoro Watershed, Kenya.
Proceedings of the SUMAWA MAU Forest Complex Conference, held at Egerton
University, April 27 th – 29 th , 2009.
Endebe, J., Kyalo, D., (2009). Impact of the Degradation of Mau Forest on the Management of
Lake Nakuru National Park. Proceedings of the SUMAWA MAU Forest Complex
Conference, held at Egerton University, April 27 th – 29 th , 2009.
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Muhia, N., Kyalo, D., Kaimba, G., (2008). Enterprise diversification and improved protein
intake for small scale farmers: A case of BOMOSA cage fish farming in Kenya. A poster
paper presented at the EAWA Conference held at Kisumu, Kenya, June 15 th – 20 th , 2008.
Kyalo, D. W., Freyer, B., Bett K. E., and Place, F., (2008). Integrating Small Scale Farmers to
Regional Organic Markets: Issues, Opportunities and Constraints in East Mau Catchment,
Kenya. Proceedings of the Tropentag Conference held at University of Hohenheim,
Germany, October, 2008.
Technical Reports
Kyalo, D., Kiptaniu, A., Kigen, C., Semenye, P., (2009). Road Map for Sustainable
Management of River Njoro Watershed and the Mau” A report prepared for Njoro River
Water Resources Users Association (NJOROWRUA), July, 2009.
Kyalo, D., (2009). Promoting Gender Equality in Responses to Climate Change in Kenya. A
Report Prepared for GDI / Egerton / Cetrad Kenya Gender and Climate Change Research
Project, January 2009.
Kyalo, D., Muhia, N., (2009). Fish Consumption and Marketing in Kenya: Case Studies from
BOMOSA plots.” A Deliverable report for the BOMOSA project submitted to the
European Union in October, 2009.
Kyalo, D., Muhia, N., (2009). Cost Benefit Analysis of the BOMOSA Scheme: Kenyan Case
Study” A Deliverable report for the BOMOSA project submitted to the European Union
in October, 2009.
Kyalo, D., Muhia, N., (2007). BOMOSA Site Characterization Report” A report prepared for
the BOMOSA project, submitted to the European Union in January, 2007.
Kyalo, D., Muhia, N., (2007). A Baseline Survey Report for BOMOSA project.” Prepared for
the BOMOSA project, submitted to the European Union in March, 2007.
Papers Currently under Preparation
Kyalo, D. W., Kuhn, A. Holm-Müller, K.(forthcoming). Payments for Environmental Services
(PES) and the Characteristics of Social Ecological Systems: the Case of Lake Naivasha
Basin.
Kyalo, D. W., Kuhn, A. Holm-Müller, K.(forthcoming). Social Influence and Collective Action
in Joint Adoption of Soil conservation Practices in Rural Kenya.
Membership in Associations
Member of African Association of Agricultural Economists.
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Social skills and Competencies
A team player.
Hard working and ability to meet strict deadlines.
Ability to effectively be involved in multi-cultural and multidisciplinary team tasks.
Ability to work independently, with no or minimum supervision.
Hobbies
Meeting new friends.
Community service.
Traveling
Reading.
REFEREES
Prof. Dr. Karin Holm-Mueller
Chair,
Department of Environmental and Resource Economics,
Institute for Food and Resource Economics,
University of Bonn.
Nussalee 21
53115, Bonn, De.
Email: mailto:kavoimm@yahoo.com ♫
karin.holm-mueller@ilr.uni-bonn.de
Dr. Gospel Omanya (PhD)
Seed Systems Manager,
African Agricultural Technology Foundatrion (AATF),
PO Box 30709,
Nairobi.
Cellphone: +254716555250
Email: g.omanya@aatf-africa.org
Dr. Margaret Ngigi (PhD)
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management
Egerton University.
PO Box 536, 20115
Egerton.
Cell: +254721798784
Email: ngigim@yahoo.com
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