Ruth Mendum
- Affiliate, Gender Initiatives
University Park, PA 16802
- Email rmm22@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-0039
Publications
Sustainable woodfuel systems: a theory of change for sub-Saharan Africa
Environmental Research Communications, Njenga, Mary, Sears, Robin R., Mendum, Ruth, 2023
Elemental profile of food aids and mineral provision for pregnant and lactating refugee women
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Woldetsadik, Desta, Hailu, Hillette, Gebrezgabher, Solomie, Njenga, Mary, Mendum, Ruth, Gordo-Moreno, Ana I., Fernández-de Córdova, María Luisa, Llorent-Martínez, Eulogio J., 2023
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) in a refugee context in East Africa: Kitchen gardening helps with mineral provision
SN Applied Sciences, Woldetsadik, Desta, Llorent-Martínez, Eulogio J., Gebrezgabher, Solomie, Njenga, Mary, Mendum, Ruth, Castillo-López, Roxana, Fernández-de Córdova, Maria L., Hailu, Hillette, Evans, Colby T., Madani, Nelly, Mafika, Tamlyn P., Fleming, David E.B., 2022
Women's work is never done: Lifting the gendered burden of firewood collection and household energy use in Kenya
Energy Research and Social Science, Njenga, M., Gitau, J. K., Mendum, R., 2021
Science into Policy: Participatory development of biomass energy regulatory instruments in Kenya.
Policy brief No. 62. World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya. https://apps.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/Publications/PDFS/PB21040.pdf, Njenga, Mary, Mendum, Ruth, Gitau, James, 2021
Making it to the PhD: Gender and student performance in sub-Saharan Africa
PLoS One, Fisher, Monica, Nyabaro, Violet, Mendum, Ruth, Osiru, Moses, 2020
Scalable solutions for carbon neutrality in woodfuel systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Forests, Trees and Agroforestry Science for Transformational Change., Njenga, Mary, Gitau, James, Mendum, Ruth, Lelei, D., Solo, P, Schure, J, Diaz-Chavez, R., Sundburg, Cecilia, 2020
Use of biochar-producing gasifier cookstove improves energy use efficiency and indoor air quality in rural households
Energies, Gitau, James K., Sundberg, Cecilia, Mendum, Ruth, Mutune, Jane, Njenga, Mary, 2019
Factors influencing the adoption of biochar-producing gasifier cookstoves by households in rural Kenya
Energy for Sustainable Development, Gitau, K. J., Mutune, J., Sundberg, C., Mendum, R., Njenga, M., 2019
Implications on livelihoods and the environment of uptake of gasifier cook stoves among Kenya's Rural Households
Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Gitau, James K., Kinyau, James, Mutune, Jane, Matune, Jane, Sundberg, Cecilia, Mendum, Ruth, Njenga, Mary, 2019
Gender and Improvement of Cooking Systems with Biochar-producing Gasifier Stoves, Gitau, James, Mendum, Ruth, 2018
Challenges and Solutions for Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Integration in Research and Development ., Mendum, Ruth, Paez, Ana, Njenga, Mary, 2018
Firewood from On-farm tree pruning and bio-char producing cooking systems, Njenga, Mary, Iiyama, Miyuki, Kinyua, James, Mendum, Ruth, 2018
Correction: Integrating wood fuels into agriculture and food security agendas and research in sub-Saharan Africa (FACETS (2018)3 (1–11)Doi: 10.1139/facets-2017-0032)
Facets, Mendum, Ruth, Njenga, Mary, 2018
Integrating wood fuels into agriculture and food security agendas and research in sub-Saharan Africa
Facets, Mendum, Ruth, Njenga, Mary, 2018
Quality of charcoal produced using micro gasification and how the new cook stove works in rural Kenya
Environmental Research Letters, Njenga, Mary, Mahmoud, Yahia, Mendum, Ruth, Iiyama, Miyuki, Jamnadass, Ramni, De Nowina, Kristina Roing, Sundberg, Cecilia, 2017