Godfrey Omulo

Biography

Godfrey Omulo holds a B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya, and an M.Sc. from Makerere University, Uganda. After his B.Sc., Mr. Omulo worked as an agricultural machine and equipment sales engineer. He has worked as an assistant lecturer at JKUAT and Rongo University, Kenya, before starting his Ph.D. at the University of Hohenheim under a DAAD scholarship.

Besides his Ph.D. work, Mr. Omulo is a writer and regional coordinator to the blog Breakout Africa.

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PhD Research Project: Utilizing sustainable agricultural mechanization to unlock the potential of conservation agriculture in Zambia

Conservation Agriculture (CA), which aims to build more healthy soils, may help farmers to raise agricultural productivity and adapt to climate change. However, its adoption has remained low across Africa. This has been attributed to the high labor-intensity of CA when practiced without mechanization. Thus, focusing on Zambia, the project explores the opportunities and challenges of locally adapted, mechanized CA.

The research centers on an on-farm experiment comparing different types of mechanized CA, explores perceptions of emergent farmers on mechanized CA, and studies discourses on CA among a spectrum of stakeholders such as farmers and policymakers.

Selected Publications

Omulo, G. and Kumeh, E. M. (2020) Farmer-to-farmer digital network as a strategy to strengthen agricultural performance in Kenya: A research note on ‘Wefarm’ platform. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 158: 120120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120120

Kumeh, E. M. and Omulo, G. (2019) Youth’s access to agricultural land in Sub-Saharan Africa: A missing link in the global land grabbing discourse. Land Use Policy, 89: 104210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104210

Omulo, G., Banadda, N., Kabenge, I., & Seay, J. (2019) Optimizing slow pyrolysis of banana peels wastes using response surface methodology. Environmental Engineering Research, 24(2), 354–361. doi.org/10.4491/eer.2018.269