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Awards

July 2018 Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Women in Science Mentorship

September 2011 Rhodes Scholarship

September 2010 Mwalimu Nyerere African Union Scholarship

September 2009 Netherlands Fellowship Program (NFP) short course Scholarship

August 2008 Gold Award, President’s Award Scheme of Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award

Degrees:

2015
Doctorate     Agricultural Sciences

Publications resulting from Research
1. Ng’endo, M. and Bhagwat, S. (2018) The role of agroforestry in habitat conservation and biodiversity use at household level. In: M. Mosquera-Losada and R. Prabhu (eds.) Agroforestry for Sustainable Agriculture. Cambridge: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Chapter 8 (in press): https://shop.bdspublishing.com/checkout/Store/bds/Detail/WorkGroup/3-190-72732
2. Ng’endo, M., Bhagwat, S. and Keding, G.B. (2018) Challenges and opportunities for market integration to improve food security among smallholder farming households in Western Kenya. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food 24(2) 229-252: http://www.ijsaf.org/archive/24/2/ngendo.pdf
3. Ng’endo, M., Bhagwat, S. and Keding, G.B. (2018) Contribution of nutrient diversity and food perceptions to food and nutrition security among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya: A case study. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 39(1) 86-106. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0379572117723135
4. Ng’endo, M., Bhagwat, S. and Keding, G.B. (2016) Influence of seasonal on-farm diversity on dietary diversity: A case study of smallholder farming households in Western Kenya. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 55 (5): 403-427. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2016.1200037
5. Ng’endo, M., Keding, G.B., Bhagwat, S. and Kehlenbeck, K. (2015) Variability of food plant diversity and its contribution to food security: A case study of smallholder farming households in Western Kenya. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 39 (10): 1071-1103. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2015.1073206
6. Keding, G.B. and Ng’endo, M. (2015) Diversifying local agriculture: Agricultural diversity on smallholder farms and in local markets in Western Kenya. Policy Brief. Rome: Bioversity International. URL: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/diversifying-local-agriculture-agricultural-diversity-on-smallholder-farms-and-in-local-markets-in-western-kenya/
7. Ng’endo, M., Catacutan, D., Kung’u, J., Muriuki, J., Kariuki, J. and Mowo, J. (2013) The policy environment of conservation agriculture with trees (CAWT) in Eastern Kenya: Do small scale farmers benefit from existing policy incentives? African Journal of Agricultural Research 8 (23):2924-2939. URL: http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJAR/article-abstract/9DAED3135993