INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL 4 WEEKS COURSE (IVC) CLIMATE CHANGE KICKS OFF

Dr. Oliver Wasonga and IVC Trainees

The IVC is a four (4) weeks course led by Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland in collaboration with the Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology (LARMAT), University of Nairobi (UoN); the Universidade Federal de Grande Dourados (UFGD), Brazil; and University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore (UASB), India.The course brings together postgraduate students from Brazil, Switzerland, India and Kenya, to learn about climate change trends and impacts on agri-foodsystems and innovative climate change mitigation & adaptation strategies. In addition, the course is expected to impart skills on application of virtual collaboration tools, and enhance international collaboration in training and research among partner institutions.The IVC 2022 kicked-off on May 11, 2022 with the University of Nairobi represented by 10 PhD and MSC students from Departments of LARMAT, Agricultural Economics and Food Science, Nutrition and Technology.

At UoN, the programme is led by Prof. Nancy Karanja and coordinated by Dr. Oliver Vivian Wasonga. This year’s Kick-off meeting was attended by the Chairman LARMAT, Prof. Richard Onwonga.