Department of Animal Sciences,
Egerton University,
P.O. Box 536,
20115 Egerton, Kenya.

Tel: +254 51 221 7684
Fax: + 254 51 221 7682
Mobile: +254 72 133 4291

otieno24@yahoo.ca
t.okeno@incip.org
t.okeno@valuelead.org
t.okeno@egerton.ac.ke

Mr. T.O. Otieno is a Masters of Science holder in Animal Production (Animal Breeding and Genetics option) from Egerton University's Department of Animal Sciences. He is currently the Liaison Officer in the Value Chains for Poverty Reduction in the Agri-Food Sector – Problem-Based Learning in Higher Education (ValueLead) Project which is a collaborative project between Egerton University, Kenya, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany and Haramaya University, Ethiopia. Mr. Okeno has worked as a Research Assistant in the Indigenous Chicken Productivity for Improved Livelihoods in Kenya which is collaborative project between Egerton University, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute and the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development. In this project he assisted the Principal Investigator in the day to day management of the project. He worked with Kenya Agricultural Research Institute as a research officer where he was incherge of genetic improvement of animal genetic resources in Kenya. He also worked in Egerton University as a part time lecturer of Animal Breeding and Genetics. Mr. Okeno has wide experience of livestock production systems and their economics and a special interest in the breeding strategies for genetic improvement of different species of farm animals under different production systems, computer simulations, genetic evaluation using different computer programmes, experimental and observational quantitative genetics and the genetics of indigenous animal resources. Mr. Okeno has authored or co-authored over 9 publications, including several papers in the premier internationally refereed animal science journals.