Christine Ndiritu

Christine Ndiritu is a researcher specialising in horticulture, with a focus on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), post-harvest management, and circular economy approaches to organic waste management and resource recovery. Her work also takes a holistic approach to exploring how innovation can enhance sustainable agricultural production, reduce post-harvest losses, and promote resource efficiency and value addition across agricultural and food systems.

At the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Christine works across the Science, Technology, Innovation, Knowledge and Society (STIKS) and Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security (AFNS) programmes, with her primary affiliation being AFNS.

She is completing her Master of Science in Horticulture at the University of Nairobi, where she has also published her research on the yield and post-harvest traits of leafy amaranth landraces in Kenya. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture from the same university and a Diploma in Project Management from the Kenya Institute of Management.