Dr. Amos Wanjala Wawire (PhD) is a lecturer in the department of Agricultural Sciences, School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Karatina university, since 2015. Prior to joining Karatina University (KarU), Dr. Wawire worked at Bioinnovate Program, at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), as a graduate fellow communications assistant; Pamoja East Africa as a Research communication intern; and teaching assistant at the University of Nairobi.

Dr. Wawire holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences (with bias in Soil Science) from the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), formerly, Szent Istvan University (SZIU)-Hungary; a Master of Science in Agricultural Information Communication Management, and Bachelor of Science Agricultural Education and Extension, from the University of Nairobi-Kenya.

Dr. Wawire’s research interests include sustainable agriculture; soil fertility and management, agricultural communication and knowledge transfer, agricultural innovations, rural development, project evaluation and food security. He has done research on characterization of soils of upper eastern Kenya and evaluation of the influence of farm management practices on soil quality in one of Kenya’s agricultural-rich regions.

Dr. Wawire has also investigated farmers’ knowledge and adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) in accessing agricultural information. He has also participated in developing an information and communication
management (ICM) strategy manual (a toolkit for agricultural and rural development organizations), with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA).

Dr.Wawire is a peer reviewer for renown journals and an external examiner for Postgraduate (PhD and Master’s theses). He is passionate about improving rural livelihoods, and has been immensely involved in farmers’ outreach activities, aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity
among smallholder farmers.

Wawire, A., Csorba, Á., Zein, M., Rotich, B., Phenson, J., Szegi, T., Tormáné Kovács,E., & Michéli, E. (2023). Farm Household Typology Based on Soil Quality andInfluenced by Socio-Economic Characteristics and Fertility Management Practices inEastern Kenya. Agronomy, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13041101

Wawire, A. W., Csorba, A., Kovács, E., Mairura, F. S., Toth, J. A., & Michéli, E.(2021). Comparing farmers’ soil fertility knowledge systems and scientific assessment in Upper Eastern Kenya. Geoderma, 396.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115090

Wawire, A. W., Csorba, A., Toth, J., A., Michéli, E., Szalai, M., Mutuma, E., & Kovács,E. (2021). Soil fertility management among smallholder farmers in Mount Kenya East Region. Heliyon, 7, 1–11. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06488

Wawire, A. W., Csorba, A., Toth, J. A., & Michéli, E. (2020). Integration of manure and mineral fertilizers among smallholder farmers in Kenya: a pathway to sustainable soil fertility management and agricultural intensification. International Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Studies, 7(2), 1–20.
https://www.eajournals.org/wp-content/uploads/Integration-of-manure- andmineral-fertilizers-among-smallholder-farmers-in-Kenya.pdf

Wawire, A., Wangia, S. & Okello, J. (2017). Determinants of Use of Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange Information Communication Technologies: the case of Smallholder Farmers in Bungoma County, Kenya (published in the Journal of Agricultural Science). Available at
http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jas/article/view/52141