Catherine Wanjiku Kinyanjui

Technical assistance in organising and conducting trials on research stations

Planting, monitoring and crop management and harvesting of trials and nurseries

Manual and Electronic data collection and processing

Supporting all the activities of the sorghum research team

Seed production, handling and storage

Care and maintenance of plants in the glass-houses

Travel to offsite research facility for crop monitoring, management and data collection.

Seed production, handling, and storage.

Organize and execute trials on research stations, monitoring, and data collection.

Planting, crop management, and harvesting.

Manual and electronic data capture for both experimental measurements and inventory databases.

Care and maintenance of plants in a glasshouse environment.

Travel to different locations for crop management and data collection.

Personal, professional development to keep up to date with the industry and technology through field day visits and online learning.

• Seed sales, agrochemicals, veterinary drugs, extension services, and farmer training
• Farming; poultry, greenhouse, and crops farming for subsistence

• Worked with ICRISAT scientists on groundnuts research and socioeconomics of finger millet production and value chains in the HOPE project in western Kenya
• Assisting in logistics and research data management

• Project administration and preparation of work plans
• Preparation and formulation of survey questionnaires and materials for survey data collection
• Meet with interest groups and conduct interviews and surveys across Busia county
• Survey data management

• Analysis of soil, plant tissue, manure, animal feeds and irrigation water
• Identification, diagnosis, and inoculation of plant disease-causing pathogens
• Identification and taxonomy of field and storage pests
• Preparation of culture media, in-vitro production of cassava and scientific reporting
• Worked in the IRMA project - CIMMYT developing insect resistant maize
• Collected and analyzed data on stem borer infestation on different maize varieties

• Sales, procurement, and workforce management