Joseph Karugia

Joseph Karugia

Principal Scientist – Agricultural Economist and Policy Expert

Joseph Karugia is a Principal Scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya with expertise in agricultural economics and policy. He is the Interim Team Leader of the Policies and Foresight Team in the Policies, Institutions and Livelihoods Program of ILRI. Joseph is also serving as the Interim CGIAR Country Convener for Kenya. For about fourteen years until September 2021, Joseph was the Coordinator of the Eastern and Central Africa Node of the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) which was, at the time, facilitated by ILRI and the Internatioonal Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). ReSAKSS is an information and knowledge management initiative with the objective of providing data, information and knowledge to governments, donors, and other stakeholders to improve the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), Africa’s blue print for transformaing food systems.

Prior to joining ILRI, Joseph was Research Manager at the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), a premier economics research institution with a mandate of building capacity in policy-oriented economic research in sub–Saharan Africa. He was a faculty member at the University of Nairobi for more than twenty-eight years and served as Chairman of the Department of Agricultural Economics in 2002-2003. He has published numerous scholarly papers and is a member of several professional bodies. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of Nairobi, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Alberta, Canada.

My Projects

Pouring milk

ACTIVE

MoreMilk: More milk for lives and livelihoods in Kenya

Livestock

Climate smart digital technologies for agriculture and food security pillar of the AAAP

ReSAKSS Phase III

ReSAKSS Phase III

My Publications

Synopsis: The dynamic impact of alternative livestock sector interventions and spending options in Rwanda

  • Aragie, Emerta A.
  • Bahta, Sirak T.
  • Baltenweck, Isabelle
  • Enahoro, Dolapo K.
  • Karugia, Joseph T.
  • Thurlow, James
  • Warner, James

The dynamic impacts of alternative livestock sector intervention and spending options in Rwanda

  • Aragie, Emerta A.
  • Bahta, Sirak T.
  • Baltenweck, Isabelle
  • Enahoro, Dolapo K.
  • Karugia, Joseph T.
  • Thurlow, James
  • Warner, James

Subsidizing resilience: Evaluating Kenya's fertilizer subsidy program amid global supply chain disruptions

  • Ayalew, Hailemariam
  • Breisinger, Clemens
  • Karugia, Joseph T.
  • Kimaiyo, Faith Chepkemoi
  • Kimathi, Sally
  • Olwande, John

Why livestock matter for PSTA5 goals

  • Karugia, Joseph T.
  • Chan, Derek
  • Bahta, Sirak
  • Aragie, Emerta A.
  • Enahoro, Dolapo
  • Thurlow, James
  • Warner, James
  • Maruta, Admasu Asfaw
  • Jean-Pierre, R.P.
  • Rich, K.M.
  • Enahoro, D.K.

Leveraging empowerment data to inform equitable livelihoods reconstruction through livestock: a case of Ethiopia

  • Omondi, Immaculate A.
  • Terfa, Zelalem
  • Kariuki, Eunice
  • Galiè, Alessandra
  • Karugia, Joseph T.

Research brief: Analysis of policy responses to seed, fertilizer, food and fuel shocks in three African Regional Economic Communities

  • Lokosang, L.B.
  • Kirui, L.K.
  • Maru, J.
  • Karugia, Joseph T.
  • Bahta, Sirak T.
  • Enahoro, Dolapo K.