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
Dr. Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) participated in the NUTEC Plastics: Nuclear Technology for Controlling Plastic Pollution Roundtable for African Region, on Thursday, 2ndSeptember 2021. The meeting was organized by International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA),Division for Africa, Department of Technical Cooperation, Vienna, Austria. Prof.
Dr. Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) participated in the review and validation of national feed inventory and feed balance spearheaded by National Feed Secretariat at the State Department for Livestock. The development of the feed inventory and feed balance was made possible through support by FAO’s strategic programming in early warning systems.
The team comprising of four researchers from University of Nairobi and five officers from KEFRI visited the Station for purposes of deliberating on formulation of a Memorandum of Association (MOA) for partnership between the two institutions. The visit that lasted from August 30th to September 1st 2021 included tours to the KEFRI Kibwezi Facilities (tree nursery, laboratory, offices and orchard within UoN field Station), nearby model farmer and UoN Kibwezi Field Station facilities.
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has placed 6,407 students to study at University of Nairobi.
Dr. Oscar Koech, Lecturer from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) provided technical training to trainees from Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya within the Mandera Triangle. The training covered Cross-border natural resource management by the communities and the guidelines for developing a cross border resource sharing agreement.
This initiative is part of the Global Centres for Climate and Environment program of the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD
AFAS will link with the Department of Earth and Climate Sciences (which hosts the ICCA) MSc program on Climate Change Adaptation by adding an additional focus on the potential of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to address climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation in West and East Africa’s savannas. For this MSc program UoN and AFAS are inviting applications for students from Africa for a total of 10 fully funded fellowships.
Is your letter of Award ready? Be ready to be conferred your respective Degrees and Diplomas for the Academic year (2020/2021) The ceremony will be held VIRTUALLY on Friday, September 24, 2021 commencing at 8.00 a.m. at the Great Court.
The event will be streamed live through the following links; www.uonbi.ac.ke.ke/livestream and facebook.com/uonbi.ac.ke.
Congratulations to all graduands.
