Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku is Scientist (Economist) at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) based in Nairobi, Kenya. He works with the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) team and implements innovative research within the Sustainable Livestock Systems program. His research interests include innovation diffusion and scaling, climate risk management, economic development, estimating resilience of agri-food systems to climatic and non-climatic shocks and many other areas related to food systems.

Shikuku currently serves at the editorial board of the African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE) and is a Review Editor in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems - Climate-Smart Food Systems. He holds Ph.D. in development economics from Wageningen University, Netherlands and M.Sc. in agricultural and applied economics from the University of Nairobi, Kenya.