Kula Vyema Centre

Publications

Holdsworth, M., Kimenju, S., Hallen, G., Laar,  A.and Oti, S.O., 2023. Review of policy action for healthy environmentally sustainable food systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 65, p.101376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101376

 

Barth-Jaeggi, T., Speich, C., Havugimana, C., Bayisenge, F., Kimenju, S., Omondi, W., Pasha, S.F., Islam, S., van  Zutphen-Küffer, K.G., van  den Berg,  S. and Barjolle, D., 2023. Nutrition transition, double burden of malnutrition, and urbanization patterns in secondary cities of Bangladesh, Kenya and Rwanda. BMC nutrition, 9(1), p.125. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40795-023-00782-1Sec10

 

Downs, S.M., Fox, E.L.,  Mutuku,  V., Muindi,  Z., Fatima, T., Pavlovic, I., Husain, S., Sabbahi, M., Kimenju, S., Ahmed,  S. 2022. Food environments and their influence on food choices: A case study in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. Nutrients, 14(13), p.2571. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14132571

 

Downs, S.M., Fox, E.L.,  Zivkovic, A., Mavros,  T., Sabbahi, M., Merchant, E.V., Mutuku,  V., Okumu-Camerra, K. and Kimenju, S., 2022. Drivers of food choice among women living in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. Appetite, 168, p.105748.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105748

 

De Groote, H., Munyua, B.G., Palmas, S., Suresh, L.M., Bruce, A.Y. and Kimenju, S., 2021. Using panel community surveys to track the impact of crop pests over time and space-the case of maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease in Kenya from 2013 to 2018. Plant Disease, 105(05),

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/PDIS-08-20-1730-SR_i26.1259-1271

 

Rutsaert, P., Donovan, J. and Kimenju, S., 2021. Demand-side challenges to increase sales of new maize hybrids in Kenya. Technology in Society, 66, p.101630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101630

 

De Groote H., Narrod C., Kimenju S.C. Munyua B., Palmas S., Kassie M., Bruce A. 2020. Spread and impact of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) in maize production areas of Kenya. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, April 2020, 292: 106804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.106804

 

Kimenju S.C. 2018. Ultra-processed foods and obesity in Central Kenya.  In Barling, D. and Fanzo, J., Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, 3:69-92.  Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.af2s.2018.09.003

 

Kimenju S.C. and Qaim M. 2016. The nutrition transition and indicators of child malnutrition. Food Security, 8: 571–583. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-016-0566-x

 

De Groote H., Narrod C., Kimenju S.C., Bett C.; Scott R., Tiongco M.M. and Gitonga Z. 2016. Measuring rural consumers’ willingness to pay for quality labels using experimental auctions: The case of aflatoxin-free maize in Kenya. Agricultural Economics, 47: 33-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12207

 

Kimenju S.C., Rischke R., Klasen S., Qaim M. 2015. Do supermarkets contribute to the obesity pandemic in developing countries? Public health Nutrition, 18:3224-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980015000919

 

Rischke R., Kimenju S.C., Qaim M., Klasen S. 2015. Supermarkets and food consumption patterns: The case of small towns in Kenya. Food Policy, 52: 9-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.02.001

 

De Groote, H., Kimenju, S.C., Likhayo, P., Kanampiu, F., Tefera, T. and Hellin, J.  2013. Effectiveness of hermetic systems in controlling maize storage pests in Kenya. Journal of Stored Products Research, 53: 27–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2013.01.001