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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.

The University of Nairobi wishes to inform the following groups of students (Module I and Module II) that the commencement and resumption dates for the 2021/2022 Academic Year.  Click to Download the  commencement dates. 

Dr. Maggie Muthali, an Alumni from this department  embracing Science in her Country , Malawi. 

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) invites you to a virtual forum on Nature based on climate change to be held on Thursday, August 26, 2021 from 3pm to 5pm. Register here for Green House Session 2.0 on "Nature based Solutions (Nbs) for Climate Change” and if they are effective in addressing causes and consequences of climate c