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    About Prof. Gikuru Mwithiga

    Prof. Gikuru Mwithiga

    Name: Gikuru Mwithiga

    Title/Qualification: PhD

    Position: Professor

    Department: Water and Agricultural Resource Management

    School: Agriculture

    Area of Specialization: Food Engineering and Agro-processing

    Contact Address: P.O Box 2241 Embu

    Short Biography:

    Professor Mwithiga has a BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. in Agricultural engineering. He has been a university lecturer since 1988 and has previously worked in Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, the University of Botswana and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has also supervised students at undergraduate level as well as postgraduate level up to the post-doctoral level in diverse research areas of Bio-resource Engineering.

    Research Interests

    Prof Mwithiga is interested in all food engineering areas of research. He is also interested in environmental aspects of agricultural production with specific reference to renewable energy and agricultural resources.

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    Prof. Gikuru Mwithiga Latest Publications

    1. Mwithiga, G., Maina, S., Muturi, P., & Gitari, J. (2022). Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) agronomic traits, oil yield and oil quality under different agro-ecological zones. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 100422.

    2. Mwithiga, G., Maina, S., Gitari, J., & Muturi, P. (2022). Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) growth rate, oil yield and oil quality under differing soil amendments. Heliyon, 8(4), e09277.

    3. Ndung’u, P. W., Mwithiga, G., Onyari, C. N., Muriithi, G., & Mukono, S. T. (2020). Evaluating the surface functional groups on banana leaf petioles and the resultant biochar for potential adsorbance. Journal of Materials and Environmental Sciences, 11(2), 255-261

    4. Mwithiga, G. and Cherono K. (2019) Drying Kinetics of Biltong under Infrared and Convective Hot-Air Conditions. Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, 5(9):178-186

    5. KM Mkhathini, LS Magwaza, TS Workneh, Mwithiga, G. (2018). Effects of relative humidity and temperature on small scale peach fruit drying using a tunnel solar dryer: A case study of peach fruit produced by small scale farmers in the of Impendle Local Municipality. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension

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