LARMAT scientists shine in the “AD Scientific Index -Top 1000 Scientists in Kenya”. Prof.N.K. Karanja, Prof C.K.K.Gachene, and Dr.
The University of Nairobi through the Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine invites you to a Tree Planting Ceremony on Friday, May 13, 2022 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at Upper Kabete Campus.
The Chief Guest will be the UoN Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama.
Every study milestone requires some testing and exam administration. As UON we wish our students best wishes in their exams in transition to the following year of study in which majority is recording 100% attendance. This exercise kicked off yesterday 9th May up to 20th May 2022. Good luck!
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.
Dr.Stephen Mureithi and Dr.Judith Mbau, have been invited for lecture series in
The Department of LARMAT in partnership with VSF-Suisse has been supporting communities’ capacity
building on sustainable rangeland management under Biovision-funded Building Drought Resilience in
The Department of LARMAT in partnership with VSF-Suisse has been supporting communities’ capacity building on sustainable rangeland management under Biovision-funded Building Drought Resilience in Samburu Through Sustainable Rangelands Management (DR-SRM) project.
Through the project, County Government officials have been trained to impart sustainable rangeland management knowledge and skills to the larger pastoralist communities in Samburu County.
Realizing full agricultural potential in Africa’s food systems requires significant technological, organizational and institutional paradigm shifts in the face of contemporary challenges. The desired technological changes include the management of genetic, soil, water, and energy resources, which has so far been the mandate of agricultural research.
Dr.Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) on 23rd -25th March 2022 facilitated Training of Technical team for Members of Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Association (PELUM) KENYA.The training covered Sustainable Pasture and Rangeland Management for PELUM Organization
From the desk to the field: students from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, learned first-hand how sustainable agriculture works in the “Agroecology and Agrobiodiversity Training Course” (AATC) seminar co-financed by Biovision. Here they tell how they intend to use their newly acquired knowledge of agroecology and agrobiodiversity. Click the link to learn more
