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INTEGRATED SOIL–CROPPING–LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Dr. Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) participated in a workshop organized by the Department of Technical Cooperation, International Atomic Energy Agency. The workshop purpose was to introduce the current status of Integrated Soil Cropping Livestock Production System and to update the project work plan.

LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL GRASSLANDS AND RANGELND CONGRESS -IGC –IRC KENYA 2021

Prof. Moses Nyangito, the Dean Faculty of Agriculture and Dr. Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) participated in a workshop organized by the joint XXIV International Grassland Congress and XI International Rangeland Kenya 2021.

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

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

ENHANCING CLIMATE ACTIONS ON LAND IN AFRICA

At COP26 held on 31 October – 13 November 2021in Glasgow, Scotland, nations adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact, aiming to turn the 2020s into a decade of climate action and support. The package of decisions consists of a range of agreed items, including strengthened efforts to build resilience to climate change, to curb greenhouse gas emissions and to provide the necessary finance for both.