water harvesting

ESSA projects Objective

ESSA project aims at increasing understanding of the dynamics of and inter-linkages between tropical upland forest cover and semi-arid lowland landscapes, and the multi-functionality of agro-pastoral landscapes, through a system-wide view of food and nutrition security, diversified livelihoods and ecosystem sustainability and improvement.

Dr. Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) on 16th January, 2021 conducted field visit supervision for Mr. Mustafe Ibrahim and Mohamed Jirde in Somaliland. Mr. Mustafe is a student at the UoN working in research addressing the challenges of rain water harvesting by communities to support resilient livelihoods amidst the climate change impacts.