Chrispinus Mutsami

Education

Ph.D in Agricultural Economics – University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

October 2022 - February 2026.

Dissertation: Employment, gender, and nutrition in rural Africa
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Matin Qaim
Magna cum laude (Very good)

MSc. in Agricultural and Applied Economics – University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

September 2015 - December, 2018

Advisor: Prof. John Mburu
Passed

Bsc. In Agriculture (Agricultural Economics major) – University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

October 2011 - August 2014

First class honors

Experience

Junior researcher – Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany

October 2022 to February 2026

Designed and developed a comprehensive questionnaire for a multi-country research project and developed SurveyCTO questionnaire; Supervised field data collection activities in Baringo County, Kenya; Conducted data cleaning, validation, and harmonization for large-scale survey datasets from four countries: Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia; Developed research questions, conducted quantitative data analysis, and interpreted findings as part of PhD research. Published three peer-reviewed journal articles based on the research findings, including publications in the Journal of Agricultural Economics, Food Policy, and the International Journal of Development.

Graduate research assistant – School of Business and Economics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

June 2023 – August 2024

Participated in designing and implementing an intervention for a project on fraud and digital financial behavior in Kenya; Conducted literature reviews; Assisted in drafting research proposals, grant applications, and project reports; Supported in coordinating with partners such as survey companies and women groups; Performed data analyses.

Consultant - Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Technology, University of Nairobi, Kenya

January 2022 – June 2022

Consultant with EU-funded project, Food and Local, Agricultural and Nutritional Diversity (FoodLAND). The assignment aimed to use economic games (public good game, trust game, and time preferences lottery) to understand farmer behaviors towards technological innovations for crop and fish farming and food processing in Africa; Designing data collection instruments; Training of enumerators on how to conduct the games and supervision of data collection activities; Data cleaning and analysis.

Research staff – Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Somaliland

September 2018 – August 2022

Supported design and implementation of projects to build resilience targeting agro-pastoral households; Monitoring and evaluation; Designing data collection questionnaires, data entry and data cleaning; Drafted reports and presentations; Conducted focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and seminars; Training of livestock communities on livestock and crop innovations; Statistical and econometric data analysis; Participated in the development and implementation of the Somaliland Livestock Market Information System (LMIS).

Research Assistant – African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya.

March 2018 – August 2018

Preparation of survey tools and data collection; Data analysis and interpretation; Literature reviews; Dissemination of seed technologies; Drafting project reports.

Research Assistant – CGIAR Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya

August 2014 – June 2015

Involved in field research on climate change and adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Tanzania; Data collection, monitoring, and evaluation of research activities in the CCAFS East Africa learning sites; Coordinated research teams and partners to implement climate-smart agriculture projects; Literature review on different aspects of climate-smart agriculture; Supervision of data collection, entry, and cleaning.

Publications

Mutsami, C., Parlasca, M. C., & Qaim, M. (2026). Women's off‐farm employment and dietary quality in rural Africa. Journal of Agricultural Economics. https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.

Mutsami, C., Maina, W. K., & Khonje, G. M. (2025). Women’s off-farm employment improves household nutrition in Malawi, Food Policy, 102969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102969

Mutsami, C., Parlasca, M. C., & Qaim, M. (2025). Evolving farm and off‐farm income sources and jobs in rural Africa. Journal of International Development, jid.70010. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.70010

Belay, A., Mirzabaev, A., Recha, J.W., Oludhe, C., Osano, P.M., Berhane, Z., Olaka, L.A., Tegegne, Y.T., Demissie, T., Mutsami, C., and Solomon, D., 2023. Does climate-smart agriculture improve household income and food security? Evidence from Southern Ethiopia. Environment, Development and Sustainability, pp.1-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03307-9

Guthoff, J., Mutsami, C., Parlasca, M. C., Heckelei, T., & Qaim, M. (Forthcoming in World Development). Aspirations and livelihood diversification in rural Africa.

Mutsami, C., & Parlasca, M. C. (Under review in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy). Agricultural technology adoption and gendered off-farm employment in Tanzania.

Mutsami. Weather shocks and gender productivity gaps in sub-Saharan African agriculture (with Jackson E. Nzira)

Selected participation in conferences

Mutsami, C. (2025). Women’s off-farm employment and dietary quality in rural Africa. Paper contribution at the European Association of Agricultural Economists Conference 2025, Bonn, Germany, August 26-29, 2025.

Mutsami, C. (2025). Women’s off-farm employment and dietary quality in rural Africa. Paper contribution at the Agricultural Economics Society Conference 2025, Bordeaux, France, April 14-16, 2025.

Mutsami, C (2019). Drivers of market participation among smallholder rabbit farmers in Kenya. A paper presented at the African Association of Agricultural Economists Triennial Conference, Abuja, Nigeria, September 23 – 26, 2019.

Mutsami, C., Mburu, J., and Wanyoike, M. (2019). Rabbit production as a sustainable source of animal protein: a case of Kenya. A paper presented at a conference organized by AgriFoSe and the Department of Economics at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden, March 5-6, 2019.

Mutsami, C., Mburu, J., and Wanyoike, M. (2018). Rabbit value chain in Kenya. A Paper presented at the Animal Production Society of Kenya, 2018 Annual Scientific Conference, Nanyuki, Kenya, April 4-6, 2018

Selected trainings

Impact evaluation methods for policy, project, and program evaluations

African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), April 13 – 17 2026

Practical skills to design, conduct, and interpret impact evaluations for policies, projects and programs.

Managing scientific projects successfully in diverse teams

University of Bonn, Germany Graduate Center – in-person December 11 and 12, 2024

Scientific projects, teamwork, cultural imprints, dimensions of diversity, creating diversity-conscious teamwork.

Manage successful field research

World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development – Virtual September 27 – November 11, 2024

Designing and managing data systems for field research; developing quality assurance strategies; monitoring implementation; providing real-time feedback; and upholding research ethics, privacy, and reproducibility.

Training on systematic literature review and meta-analysis

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) — Virtual, Feb 14–15, 2022

Systematic review concepts and question formulation, literature search strategies and study selection, quality and bias assessment, data extraction and reference management, Introduction to meta-analysis (with practical sessions)

Training on the introduction to R

University of Bonn, Germany — in-person, April 8–11, 2024

R programming for statistical analysis, data wrangling and data management, data visualization, GIS applications in R, online lectures with practical exercises, and instructor interaction via Slack

Training on meta-Analysis with R

University of Bonn, Germany — in-person, April 23–26, 2024

Systematic literature reviews and meta-analysis concepts, types of research questions addressed by meta-analysis, meta-analysis workflow and rationale, dataset creation, meta-analysis models, and results visualization in R, in-person workshop sessions with practical exercises

Training on developing gender-sensitive value chains

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in collaboration with FAO, June 25 – July 20, 2018

Gender analysis of agricultural value chains and identification of gender-based constraints, design of gender-responsive interventions across production, processing, and marketing stages, application of policy and project tools to promote inclusive and equitable value chain development

National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP) Experts Group – Food Security and Nutrition

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Dakar, Senegal, January 30 – February 3, 2017

Tools and methodologies for food security and nutrition assessment within NAIP frameworks, analysis of nutrition-sensitive agricultural investments, and policy alignment.

Membership in associations

European Association of Agricultural Economists (2025 to date),

Agricultural Economics Society (2025 to date)

African Association of Agricultural Economists (2018 to date)

Professional service:

Refereeing: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Food Policy; Agribusiness; Discover Sustainability; Journal of Agricultural Economics

Skills

Language: Proficient English and Swahili. Basic: German
Econometric software: STATA, R, and SPSS
Programming: CAPI (Survey solutions and Survey CTO)
Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Maps: QGIS

Referees

1. Prof. Dr. Martin Qaim

Executive Director

Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany

mqaim@uni-bonn.de

2. Dr. John Recha

Scientist, Climate-Smart Agriculture and Policy

International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

jrech@cgiar.org

3. Dr. Evans Chimoita

Senior Lecturer

Department of Agricultural Economics,

University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

echimoita@uonbi.ac.ke | echimoita2011@gmail.com