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Milka Kiboi

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • Soil fertility
  • Soil and water conservation strategies
  • Climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in agriculture
  • Development of sustainable agri-food value chain

Projects

StatusFiBLTitleStartEnd
ongoing CH Long-term farming systems comparisons in the tropics (SysCom) 01.05.2005 31.12.2026

Training / professional career

  • Since 2023 Senior Scientist at FiBL Switzerland
  • 2022 - 2023 Research Fellow, Division of Research, Innovation and Outreach, KCA University, Nairobi, Kenya
  • 2020 - 2023 Director, Cortile Scientific Limited, Nairobi, Kenya 
  • 2019 - 2021 Senior Research Assistant, Organic Resource Management for Soil Project, University of Embu, Kenya
  • 2015 - 2019 PhD (Soil Science), University of Embu, Kenya
  • 2012 - 2014 Master of Environmental Studies (Climate Change and Sustainability), Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
  • 2006 - 2010 Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Management, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Teaching

  • University of Embu, Kenya (2019): Soil and Water Conservation, Watershed Management
  • KCA University, Nairobi, Kenya (2023): Research Methods

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

  • Githongo, M.W., Ngatia, L., Kiboi, M.N., Muriuki, A., Fliessbach, A., Musafiri, C. Riqiang Fu and Ngetich, F.K., (2023). The structural quality of soil organic matter under selected soil fertility management practices in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Sustainability 15, 6500. doi.org/10.3390/su15086500
  • Otieno, E.O., Mburu, D.M., Ngetich, F.K., Kiboi, M.N., Fliessbach, A., and Lenga, F.K. (2023). Effects of different soil management strategies on fertility and crop productivity in acidic nitisols of Central Highlands of Kenya. Environmental Challenges 11: 100683 doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2023.100683
  • Mairura, F.S., Musafiri, C.M., Macharia, M.J., Kiboi M.N., Ng’etich, O.K., Shisanya, C.A., Okeyo, J.M., Okwuosa, E.A. and Ngetich, F.K. (2023). Yield-scaled and area-scaled greenhouse gas emissions from common soil fertility management practices under smallholder maize fields in Kenya. Sustainable Production and Consumption 36 292–307 doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2023.01.010
  • Kibet, E., Musafiri, C.M., Kiboi, M., Macharia, J., Ng’etich, O.K., Kosgei, D.K., Mulianga, B., Okoti, M., Zeila, A.  and Ngetich, F.K. (2022). Soil greenhouse gas emissions from different land utilization types of Western Kenya. Frontiers in Soil Science doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2022.956634
  • Musafiri, C.M., Kiboi, M.N., Macharia, J.M., Ng’etich, O.K., Okoti, M., Mulianga, B., Kosgei, D. and Ngetich, F.K. (2022). Does the adoption of minimum tillage improve sorghum yield among smallholders in Kenya? A counterfactual analysis. Soil and Tillage Research 223: 105473 doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2022.105473
  • Ngetich, F.K., Mairura, F.S., Musafiri, C.M., Kiboi M.N. and Shisanya, C.A., (2022). Smallholders coping strategies in response to climate variability in semi-arid agro-ecozones of Upper Eastern Kenya. Social Sciences and Humanities Open 6: 100319 doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2022.100319
  • Kibet, E., Musafiri, C.M., Kiboi, M.N., Macharia, J., Ng’etich, O.K., Kosgei, D.K., Mulianga, B., Okoti, M., Zeila, A. and Ngetich, F.K. (2022). Soil organic carbon stocks under different land utilization types in Western Kenya. Sustainability 14: 8267. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14148267
  • Musafiri, C.M., Kiboi, M.N., Macharia, J.M., Ng’etich, O.K., Okoti, M., Mulianga, B., Kosgei, D. and Ngetich, F.K. (2022). Smallholders' Adaptation to climate change in Western Kenya: Considering socioeconomic, institutional and biophysical determinants. Environmental Challenges 7: 100489 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2022.100489
  • Mairura, F.S., Musafiri, C.M., Kiboi M.N., Macharia, M.J., Ng’etich, O.K., Shisanya, C.A., Okeyo, J.M., Okwuosa, E.A. and Ngetich, F.K. (2022). Homogeneous land-use sequences in heterogeneous small-scale systems of Central Kenya: Land-use categorization for enhanced greenhouse gas emission estimation. Ecological Indicators 136: 108677 doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108677
  • Musafiri, C.M., Kiboi, M.N., Macharia, J.M., Ng’etich, O.K., Kosgei, D., Mulianga, B., Okoti, M. and Ngetich, F.K. (2022). Adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya: do socioeconomic, institutional, and biophysical factors matter? Heliyon 8: e08677 doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08677
  • Mairura, F.S., Musafiri, C.M., Kiboi M.N., Macharia, M.J., Ng’etich, O.K., Shisanya, C.A., Okeyo, J.M., Okwuosa, E.A. and Ngetich, F.K. (2022). Farm factors influencing soil fertility management patterns in Upper Eastern Kenya. Environmental Challenges 6: 100409 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100409
  • Otieno E.O., Kiboi, M.N., Nicolay, G., Muriuki, A., Musafiri, C.M. and Ngetich, F.K. (2021). Uptake of integrated soil fertility management technologies in heterogeneous smallholder farms in sub-humid tropics. Environmental Challenges 5: 100394 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100394
  • Lemarpe, S.E., Musafiri, C.M., Macharia, J.M., Kiboi, M.N., Ng'etich, O.K., Shisanya, C.A., Okeyo, J., Okwuosa, E.A. and Ngetich, F.K. (2021). Nitrous oxide emissions from smallholders' cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in Agriculture 4800527 doi.org/10.1155/2021/4800527
  • Mugi-Ngenga E.W., Kiboi M.N., Mucheru-Muna M.W., Mugwe J.N., Mairura F.S., Mugendi D.N. and Ngetich F.K. (2021). Indigenous and conventional climate-knowledge for enhanced farmers' Adaptation to climate variability in the semi-arid agro-ecologies of Kenya. Environmental Challenges 5: 100355 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100355
  • Otieno, E. O., Ngetich, K.F., Kiboi, M.N., Muriuki, A. and Adamtey, N. (2021). Tillage system and integrated soil fertility inputs improve smallholder farmers' soil fertility and maize productivity in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics. 122: 159-171 dx.doi.org/10.17170/kobra-202107134319
  • Kiboi, M.N., Ngetich K.F., Mucheru-Muna, M.W., Diels, J. and Mugendi, D.N. (2021). Soil nutrients and crop yield response to conservation-effective management practices in the sub-humid highlands agro-ecologies of Kenya. Heliyon 7: e07156 doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07156
  • Mwaura G.G., Kiboi M.N., Mugwe J.N., Nicolay G., Bett E.K., Muriuki A., Musafiri, C.M. and Ngetich F.K. (2021). Economic evaluation and socioeconomic drivers influencing farmers' perceptions on benefits of using organic inputs technologies in Upper Eastern Kenya. Environmental Challenges, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100282
  • Mairura, F.S., Musafiri, M.C., Kiboi, M.N., Macharia, J.M., Ng'etich, O.K., Shisanya, C.A., Okeyo, J.M., Mugendi, D.N., Okwuosa, E.A and Ngetich, F.K. (2021). Determinants of farmers' perceptions of climate variability, mitigation, and adaptation strategies in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Weather and Climate Extreme; 34: 100374 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2021.100374
  • Musafiri, C.M., Macharia, J.M., Kiboi, M.N., Ng'etich, O.K., Shisanya, C.A., Okeyo, J.M., Okwuosa, E.A. and Ngetich, F.K. (2021) Comparison between observed and DeNitrification-DeComposition model-based nitrous oxide fluxes and maize yields under selected soil fertility management technologies in Kenya. Plant Soil Journal doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-04924-x
  • Omenda, J.A., Ngetich, K. F., Kiboi, M.N., Mucheru-Muna, M.W. and Mugendi, D.N. (2021). Phosphorous availability and exchangeable aluminium response to phosphate rock and organic inputs in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Heliyon, 7: e06371 doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06371
  • Mwaura G.G., Kiboi M.N., Bett E.K., Mugwe J.N., Muriuki A., Nicolay G. and Ngetich K.F. (2021). Adoption Intensity of Selected Organic-Based Soil Fertility Management Technologies in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4: 570190. doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.570190
  • Oduor, O.N., Ngetich, K. F., Kiboi M.N., Muriuki, A., Adamtey N. and Mugendi, N. D. (2020). Suitability of different data sources in rainfall pattern characterization in the tropical Central Highlands of Kenya. Heliyon, 6: e05375 doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05375
  • Musafiri, C.M., Macharia, J.M., Ng’etich, O.K., Kiboi, M.N., Okeyo, J., Shisanya, C.A., Okwuosa, E.A., Mugendi, D.N. and Ngetich, K.F. (2020). Farming systems' typologies analysis to inform agricultural greenhouse gas emission potential from smallholder rain-fed farms in Kenya. Scientific African, 8: e00458 doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00458
  • Musafiri, C.M., Macharia, J.M., Kiboi, M.N., Ng’etich, O.K., Shisanya, C.A., Okeyo, J.M., Mugendi, D.N., Okwuosa, E.A. and Ngetich, F.K. (2020). Soil greenhouse gas fluxes from maize cropping system under different soil fertility management technologies in Kenya. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 301: 107064 doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107064
  • Kiboi M.N., Ngetich K.F., Muriuki A., Adamtey N. and Mugendi D.N. (2020). The response of soil physicochemical properties to tillage and soil fertility resources in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Italian Journal of Agronomy, 15: 1381. doi.org/10.4081/ija.2020.1381
  • Ng’ang’a, W.B., Ng’etich. K.O., Macharia, J.M. Kiboi, M.N., Adamtey, N. and Ngetich, K.F. (2020). Multi-influencing-factors' evaluation for organic-based soil fertility technologies out-scaling in Upper Tana Catchment in Kenya. Scientific African, 7: e00231. doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2019.e00231
  • Kiboi, M.N., Ngetich, K.F. and Mugendi, D.N. (2019). Nitrogen budgets and flows in African smallholder farming systems. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 4: 429 - 446. https://doi.org/10.3934/agrfood.2019.2.429
  • Omenda, J.A., Ngetich, K.F., Kiboi, M.N. Mucheru-Muna, M. W. and Mugendi, D. N. (2019). Soil Organic Carbon and Acid Phosphatase Enzyme Activity Response to Phosphate Rock and Organic Inputs in Acidic Soils of Central Highlands of Kenya in Maize. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 30: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i230169
  • Kiboi, M. N., Ngetich, K. F., Diels, J., Mucheru‐Muna, M., Mugwe, J. and Mugendi, D. N. (2017). Minimum tillage, tied ridging and mulching for better maize yield and yield stability in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Soil & Tillage Research, 170: 157-166. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2017.04.001