Vincent Mbindo Kathumo
Lecturer
Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology
University of Nairobi
Kenya
Biography
He is a Lecturer in the Department of Land Resource Management and Agriculture Technology (LARMAT), University of Nairobi, specializing in Soil Science, Remote sensing and Geo Information Systems. He holds a PhD in Soil Science, a Msc in Soil Science, and B.Sc. degree in Agriculture from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He has taught both Graduate and Undergraduate students for the last 7 years and also has supervised 7 Msc thesis and 19 Undergraduate projects. He has published widely in his area of speciality.
Research Interest
Soil Science, Remote sensing and Geo Information Systems
Publications
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Muli, M.N., Onwonga, R.N., Karuku, G.N., Kathumo VM, Nandukule MO. 2015. Simulating Soil Moisture under Different Tillage Practices, Cropping Systems and Organic Fertilizers Using CropSyst Model, in Matuu Division, Kenya.. Journal of Agricultural Science . 7(2):26-30.
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Kathumo, VM, Gachene CKK, Okello JJ, Ngigi M, Miruka M. 2015. Is Lower Tana River Forest Complex and Ecosystem under threat of total destruction? Evidence from Participatory GIS. Sustainable Land Management in Dry Lands of Kenya.. , Nairobi: UNDP, ISBN No. 978-9966-1805-51. Chapter 2, pp. 13-33.
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Mbau, JS, Nyangito MM, Gachene CKK, Kathumo VM, Worden J. 2015. Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS) for Sustainable Natural Resource Management: The Case Study of Taita Taveta County, Southern Kenya. . Sustainable Land Management in Dry Lands of Kenya. , Nairobi: UNDP, ISBN No. 978-9966-1805-51. Chapter 3, pp. 35-53.
