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On Friday 24th September, 2021, During the 65th UON graduation Ceremony, this Department, Faculty of Agriculture,  graduated students in various Degrees  offered both to post graduate and undergraduate. Some of these degrees were , BSC Management of Agro- ecosystems and Environment, BSc Range Management,MSC  Range Management, MSC Soil Science, PhD in Dryland Resource Management , PhD Sustainable Soil Resource Management.

On the 29th of September 2021, 11.30-12.00 CEST, Dr. Stephen Mureithi  a Senior Lecturer from  this Department  presented a paper on the topic of "Livestock Cafés; experimental research and co-learning hubs in Dryland Transform". 30th of September at 11.30, Ingrid Öborn and Aida Bargues Tobella presented on "Restoring drylands for nutrition and health of humans and livestock" showing some results from the first data collection in the project.

Register for  a virtual congress and join speakers  discussing on sustainable use of  Grassland and Rangeland  Resources.

Staff and Students from the Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Vet Medicine held a luncheon party in victory of Prof. George Karuku Professorship.He is now an Associate Professor in LARMAT. 

Congratulations  Prof.as LARMAT family we are proud of you.

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Welcome all to the University of Nairobi

The Faculty of Agriculture , University of Nairobi today registered students in various degree programmes. The programmes are offered in the four teaching departments . These are ; Department of Land resource Management and Agricultural Technology, Department of Agricultural Economics , Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection and department of Food Science and Nutrition Technology. We welcome you to this faculty as you start set off your first foot in varsity Education.

Dr.Oliver Vivian Wasonga and Aphayo Lutta from Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi facilitated a ToT on PRM in Samburu County between June 14^th & 17^th, 2021 in collaboration with VSF-Suiss

Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi (UoN) in collaboration with Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland, Universidade Federal de Grande Dourados (UFGD), Brazil; and University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore (UASB), India offers “TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH GLOBAL LEARNING” (IVC) 2021.

The Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, is looking for a PhD candidate to conduct studies on Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change mitigation interventions in selected dryland ecosystems of Kenya.The study is aimed at strengthening capacity for reporting emissions and generation of data to support Monitoring Reporting and Verification systems (MRVs) for the drylands.

In preparation for the virtual 65th University of Nairobi Graduation Ceremony scheduled for September 24, 2021, PhD graduands are requested to avail themselves for their photos to be taken from September 14 - 16, 2021 between 9.00 am and 4.00 pm in Taifa Hall