Dr. Godfrey Nakitare Nambafu

Dr. Godfrey Nakitare Nambafu

Lecturer: School of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences-Murang'a University of Technology
gnambafu@mut.ac.ke

Biography

I am an innovative, team player, proactive and self-driven person, with experience in Soil Science and Natural Resource Management. I have trained and instigated innovativeness among professionals, students and farmers, impacting on their livelihood. I successfully worked as a researcher both in Germany and Kenya, coming up with better recommendations for farmers and other stakeholders.

Education

  • August 2014 - July 2018  Humboldt University of Berlin (HUB), Berlin, Germany Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences (Soil Science),
  • March 2011 – August 2013:  University of Nairobi (UoN), Nairobi, Kenya. MSc in Sustainable Soil Resource Management (Soil Science)
  • January 2005 – December 2008. Egerton University (EU), Nakuru, Kenya: BSc in Environmental Science (Agroecology and agroclimatology),

Publications

  1. Kasyoka M, Mbugua G.N, Wanjau R.N, Nambafu G.N and J. Ndiritu (2024). “Levels of Cadmium, Copper and Lead in Soils and Cassava Tubers Grown in Machakos County, Kenya.” Applied and Environmental Soil Science Journal. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9063314
  2. Godfrey Nambafu Nakitare and Naomi Kollongei (2023). “Black Soldier Fly Frass for Improved Soils, Crop Yields and Environment among Smallholders-mixed Farming System in Kenya”. Agric. For. Res. 2023, 2(6), 11-24. https://sarpo.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Vol-2-Issue- VI-2-Black-Soldier-Fly-Frass-for-Improved-Soils.pdf
  3. Akwee, E., and Nambafu, G.N. (2023). “Critical Review of Prosopis Juliflora Species in Turkana County, Kenya: Current Status for Informed Policy Decision and Management of the Species”. International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), Volume 10, p. 89-95. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.ijiras.com/2023/Vol_10- Issue_7/paper_12.pdf
  4. Khwa Museveni, , Nambafu, G. N., & Kollongei, N. (2023). “Understanding Degradation of Electroactive Molecules     in     Organic     redox     Flow     Batteries:      Decomposition     Analysis Methods”. Materials Science for Energy Technologies. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589299123000290?via%3Dihub
  5. Godfrey Nambafu and Richard  N. Onwonga (2021). “Demographic  and Socio-economic Factors Influencing Uptake of Striga Weed Control Technologies in Kenya. Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science, Page 51-59. https://www.journalajrcs.com/index.php/AJRCS/article/view/30126
  6. Nambafu, N. (2020). “Extent of Heavy Metals Contamination in Leafy Vegetables among PeriUrban Farmers. Asian Journal of Research in Botany, 38-46. http://journalajrib.com/index.php/AJRIB/article/view/30104
  7. Emmanuel Omondi, Christof Engels, Godfrey N. Nambafu, Monika Schreiner, Susanne Neugart, Mary Abukutsa-Onyango, Traud Winkelmann (2017). Nutritional Compound Analysis and Morphological Characterization of Spider Plant (Cleome gynandra) – an African Indigenous Leafy Vegetable. Food              Research                    International,                           100, 284-295.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2017.06.050
  8. Ulrich Eckhardt, Julius Beer, Holger Bessler, Godfrey Nambafu, Enos Onyuka, Samuel Mwonga, Darius O Andika, Joseph P Gweyi-Onyango, Christof Engels (2015). “Iron Concentrations in Roots and Edible Organs of African Indigenous Vegetables Species”. https://www.renet/publication/282574839
  9. Nambafu N., Onwonga R. N., Karuku G., Ariga E. S., Vanlauwe B. and Roing de Nowina K. (2014). Knowledge, Attitude and Practices in the Control of Striga in Maize by Smallholder Farmers of western Kenya. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology. B, 4, 237-248. http://www.davidpublisher.com/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=5968.htm
  10. N. Nambafu, E. S. Ariga, G. N. Karuku, R. N. Onwonga, B. Vanlauwe and K. Roing de Nowina (2013). Effect of Maize Variety and Nitrogen Fertilizer on Striga Parasitism and Maize Yield in Western Kenya. https://scholar.google.de/scholar?um=1&ie=UTF- 8&lr&q=related:rhH6zEpF3bAfM:scholar.google.com/
  11. Nambafu GN, Bessler H, Onyuka E, Hoeppner N, Andika DO, Gweyi-Onyango JP, Mwonga S, Engels C (2020). Phosphorus Uptake and Plant Utilization Strategies in Leafy Vegetables. (Submitted for journal review).
  12. Nambafu GN, Adam A, Onyuka E, Bessler H, Andika DO, Gweyi-Onyango JP, Mwonga S, Engels C (2020). Composition of Essential and Toxic Mineral Elements in Leafy Vegetables from Markets in Nairobi, Kenya. (Submitted for journal review).
  13. Nambafu GN, Bessler H, Onyuka E, Andika DO, Gweyi-Onyango JP, Mwonga S, Engels C (2020). Fertilizer Recommendations and Best Agronomic Measures to Reduce Soil Mineral Mining in Harvested Plant Organs and Residues’’. (To be submitted for journal review).