To the fraternity of Eastern and Southern Africa and the rest of ICRAF at large, we are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jonathan Muriuki as the Country Representative for Kenya in response to the frequent requests by partners and collaborators to establish a liaison office for the agroforestry Research & Development agenda in the country. Dr. Muriuki will coordinate ICRAF’s Agroforestry research agenda in Kenya undertaking the following:

• Developing a clear agroforestry strategy for Kenya in collaboration with Kenyan partners/stakeholders;
• Serving as the link person with Science Domain leaders and scientists in agroforestry research in Kenya;
• Being a point of contact for national and international partners seeking to work with ICRAF in agroforestry R4D in the country; and
• Maintaining a database of ICRAF projects active in Kenya

Jonathan is an agroforestry scientist with over 10 years of work experience in various aspects of the field and holds both a PhD and MSc in the same field. He has conducted research for development activities in agroforestry systems ranging from tree seed and seedling supply systems, farm productivity research with various categories of tree species notably fodder, medicinal, fertilizer trees and aspects of timber and fruit trees as well as tree product market related research. His research activities have spanned the entire Eastern Africa region and he has had brief assignments in some countries of southern and western regions as well. He also has experience in handling diverse stakeholders especially those involved with implementation of projects ranging from farming communities, Non-governmental Organizations, the private sector and national government partners. In addition, Jonathan has working experience with regards to preparation of project reports for donors, projects/programme finance and budgets as well as constituting and managing project and site teams both as a team leader and also a team player.

This appointment took effect from January 2014.