Samuel Jeff Otieno

<p><strong>Research Project</strong>:&nbsp; Economic impact of integrating convention IPM with the auto-dissemination technique for suppression of invasive fruit flies among mango growers in Embu, Kenya</p> <p>Samuel Jeff Otieno is&nbsp;a DRIP MSc Scholar in Plant Health Theme supervised by Dr. Beatrice W. Muriithi(<em>icipe</em>). His MSc thesis title is Economic impact of integrating convention IPM with the auto-dissemination technique for suppression of invasive fruit flies among mango growers in Embu, Kenya. The project's title is pest-free fruit project funded under the Europe-Africa Agricultural Research and Innovation Program and the National Research Fund, Kenya. His&nbsp;research focusses&nbsp;on assessing constraints and opportunities for investing in fruit fly IPM, modelling the determinants of adoption&nbsp;of fruit&nbsp;fly IPM among&nbsp;mango&nbsp;growers, and evaluating the impact of integrating the convention IPM with the auto-dissemination technique on expenditure on pesticide, mango production, yield losses, mango income and on fruit fly infestation.&nbsp; He holds a degree in BSc. Agribusiness Management from the University of Nairobi</p>