Dr.Ferdinand Nabiswa Makhanu

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Dr. Ferdinand Nabiswa Makhanu

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Department of Emergency Management Studies

School of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance

P.O. Box 190-50100

Kakamega, KENYA

Office no. Orange Hse.ABA Room 301

Kakamega-Webuye Road

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0671-7825

ResearcherID:  ABW-1466-2022

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    Dr. Ferdinand Nabiswa Makhanu

Dr. Ferdinand Nabiswa Makhanu is a capacity development and disaster risk management expert with over 29 years’ experience. As an educationist, the experience transcends academia as besides teaching, training and research, Ferdinand has been involved in humanitarian activities as a team leader on disaster risk reduction (DRR) in communities often geared towards sustainable livelihoods and community resilience.  His career objective is to empower humanity on sustainable livelihoods based on ecological economics and informed risk taking. As a professional, he derives his strength from a blend of three fields: teaching, entrepreneurship and disaster risk management. He is motivated being in teams that seek to deliver especially on risk management, social development and community resiliency. This motivation is anchored on the fact that Kenya as a country is facing many challenges among them being youth unemployment and mental health; corruption; unsustainable deployment of devolved funds due to low uptake capacity and perennial resource based conflicts together with globalization of business risks. 

KEY STRENGTHS

  • Risk mapping, assessment and analysis
  • Micro and small Enterprise (MSEs)continuity and sustainability empowerment
  • Community Resilience Empowerment
  • Research design, study and data analysis
  • Research grants management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Career Mentorship and Couching
  • Seminar /workshop design and implementation
  • Training and counselling

Some of the key published works include:

  1. Stephen Muchaki Mudekhere, Edward Musungu Mugalavai, Ferdinand M. Nabiswa. Indigenous knowledge factors influencing farmers' uptake of climate change adaptation strategies in Kajiado County, Kenya. Published on 15th June 2023 in Journal of Water and Climate Change. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2023.025

  2. Maiyo, A., Mutai, C., Onkware K& Nabiswa, F. (2019)Socio-Cultural Factors Affecting Nutrition Interventions in Care and Treatment of HIV and Aids  in  Nandi  Central  Sub  County,  Nandi  County,  Kenya  in  Journal  of  Acta  Scientific Nutritional Health (Issn:2582-1423)Volume 3 Issue 12 ,pp146-153. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31080/ASNH.2019.03.0549.

  3. Nyale,E.H., China, S.S.,& Makhanu, F.N. (2019)The Extent of Adopting Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies in Addressing Household Food Security in Makueni County, Kenya in International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (ISSN 2250-3153), Volume 9, Issue 11,  PP578-591.DOI:https://doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.9.11.2019.p9579.

  4. Nyale, E.H., China, S.S., & Makhanu, F.N. (2019) Effects of Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies on Household Food Security in Makueni County, Kenya in International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (ISSN 2250-3153), Volume 9, Issue 11, PP471-481, DOI:https://doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.9.11.2019.p9566.

  5. Engor,G., Nabiswa, F. & Mugalavai, E.(2019) Evaluation of Effectiveness of Early Recovery Strategies in Use against Drought in Turkana Central Sub County, Kenya in International Journal of Innovative Research & Development (ISSN 2278 – 0211 (Online) Vol.8,Issue 11, pp1-7. DOI:https://doi.org/10.24940/ijird/2019/v8/i11/NOV19002.

  6. Esekon, L., Nabiswa, F. & Neyole, E. (2018) Effects of the Environmental Pollutants on the Socio-economic Wellbeing of Households of Nairobi County, Kenya in International Journal of Innovative Research & Development (ISSN 2278 – 0211 (Online), Vol.8,10 , pp1-10, pp84-92. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24940/ijird/2019/v8/i10/OCT19032.

  7. Pepela, M., Nabiswa, F. & Mugalavai, E.(2019) Household Indigenous Drought Coping and Adaptation Strategies in Baringo County, Kenya in Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology (ISSN: 2456-690X) 10(4), PP1-9, DOI: https://doi.org/10.9734/ajee/2019/v10i430121.

  8. Pepela, M., Nabiswa, F. & Mugalavai, E.(2019) Livelihoods Vulnerability to Climate Change among Households in Baringo County, Kenya in International Journal of Disaster Response and Emergency Management,Vol.2,Issue.2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/IJDREM.2019070104

 

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