Kevin Omondi Onyango

Kevin Onyango is a Social Economist working within the Food Environment and Consumer Behavior (FECB) Research Area at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT in Nairobi. He is a seasoned researcher with over 10 years of experience in agricultural policy research and analysis in Kenya and Africa. His research interests focus on understanding the complex and dynamic areas of sustainable food systems, food system transformation, food environments, and consumer behaviour. Kevin is particularly interested in research that fosters meaningful transformations in food culture, food value chains, food environments, and policies within the food systems to ensure that sustainable, healthy foods are more available, accessible, affordable, and desirable to rural and urban consumers. Additionally, Kevin has a strong interest in the design and application of decision support tools and analytical methods — including participatory approaches, system dynamics models, partial equilibrium models, and econometric models — to inform evidence-based decision-making in agri-food systems.

Kevin is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Kenya. He holds M.Sc. in Research Methods from JKUAT and B.Sc. in Agriculture from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He is an established author who has led and/or contributed to several peer-reviewed journal papers, working papers, project reports, policy briefs, and blogs. Besides work, Kevin is a budding photographer who enjoys reading, travelling, nature walks, and football games.