The Department of Library & Information Services has organized online training on Access to Information Resources (Print books, E-books including core-text books, E-Journals and Open Access Resources) on 2nd and 4th February 2022.
Mr. Edwin Maingi successfully defended his MSc thesis titled: “EFFECTS OF SOIL MOISTURE VARIABILITY ON MORPHOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICS ATTRIBUTES OF ROOTS AND BUDS OF SELECTED RANGELAND GRASSES OF SOUTHERN RANGELANDS OF KENYA” during a virtual oral examination convened by Dean Faculty of Agriculture on January 18th, 2022. Edwin is a student in LARMAT pursuing MSC in Range Management. His Research work is supervised by Prof. Kinuthia Ngugi and Dr Oscar Koech.
The NDMA has partnered with local universities for research into areas relating to drought risk management and climate change adaptation. The Authority gave research grants to six PhD students drawn from the University of Nairobi, among them Mr.
Dr. Fredrick Wangombe, an experienced regional expertin feed ration formulation and feed processing at both small scale and large commercial feed manufacturing had the opportunity to contribute to regional feed production by training Ms. Manirakiza Isidonieand Mr.
Ms. Manirakiza Isidonie and Mr.Nimbona Felix, from Burundi, the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock and National Veterinary Laboratory are undergoing a one month experiential training at the Department of animal production, in the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi. The fellows have been working with experienced laboratory technologist; Mr. Benjamin Kyalo Mbondo, Ms Ann Kimende, Mr. Samuel Githiwa.
The Kibwezi Dryland Field Station (KDFS) strategy meeting was convened by the KDFS Committee Chairman, Prof. George Karuku, to deliberate on possibilities of building a collaborative partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The collaboration is for research, training and community outreach development activities at the KDFS.
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You are invited to join the live proceedings of the UNC TV and Radio signal switch ON that will take place tomorrow, Friday January 14, 2022 at 2:15 pm virtually at the University of Nairobi's Youtube Channel.
Attend and witness as the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama Launches UoN Media.
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The African Climate and Environment Center – Future African Savannas (AFAS) is one of eight Global Centres for Climate and Environment funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). AFAS is hosted conjointly at the University of Nairobi (UoN) with its Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation (ICCA) in Kenya and the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB) with its African Centre of Excellence on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (CEACCBAD) in Côte d’Ivoire.
Prof. Richard Onwonga and Dr. Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) welcomed two fellows from Burundi (Ms. Manirakiza Isidonie and Mr. Nimbona Felix) from the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock and National Veterinary Laboratory.
Dr.Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) facilitated a write-shop workshop for the The State Department for Livestock (SDL) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives (MoALFC).The purpose of the write shop was to develop a training and capacity building manual that will be used during trainings on rehabilitation and restoration activities for Towards Ending Drought Emergencies; Ecosystem Based Adaptation i
