Career objectives: Enhancement of food security in the society
Research Interest: Plant Pathology, Plant Breeding, Sustainable Agriculture
Email: ikoima@seku.ac.ke
Education background
- Masters of Science Agricultural Resource Management (MSc.ARM), A South Eastern Kenya University 2015-2017
- BSc. Dry Land Agriculture, First class “A” South Eastern Kenya University 2011-2014
- Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Arutani Secondary School 2006- 2009
- Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Gathiru Primary School 1998- 2005
Working experience
- Tutorial Fellow Agricultural sciences 2018-to-date
- Australia Award Fellowship program held at university of Sydney Remote Sensing, GIS, precision agriculture, assessment of land suitability with APSIM, R studio Jan-Feb 2018
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, South Eastern Kenya University Practical in crop science, plant pathology 2015-2017
- Rethinking beekeeping development, South Eastern Kenya University Honey bee keeping in dry land, Improvement of bee keeping industry in East Africa
March, 2014 - Industrial attachment, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization Diagnosis and identification of crop pest and diseases, Food and processing and utilization, Fruit tree nursery establishment, Water management
Sept-Nov 2013 - Africa Regional Counseling Training Institute, South Eastern Kenya University HIV and AIDS management, Personal development skills, Drug and substances abuse Sept, 2013
Publications
- Distribution of Cassava Mosaic and Cassava Brown Streak Diseases in Agro-Ecological Zones of Low Eastern Kenya Research article: International Journal of innovative Science and Research Technology vol.3, issue 1 2018
- Response to Cassava Brown Streak Disease Infections in Local and Improved Cassava Genotypes under Field and Greenhouse Assays in Lower Eastern Kenya International Journal of Pathogen Research 1(3):1-14, 2018;DOl:10.9734/IJPR/2018/45272 2018
- Evaluating Response to Cassava Viral Disease Infections Among Selected Cassava Genotypes Under Field and Greenhouse Assays in Lower Eastern Kenya Masters Dissertation, South Eastern Kenya University 2017
- Effects of Salinity on Canning Beans Bachelor Research Report, South Eastern Kenya University 2014