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Dr Oscar Koech from the Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology participated as a Panelist in a Joint Learning Event on “Improving Livelihoods and Climate Resilience through Innovation in Kenya’s ASAL Counties” hosted by SNV in partnership with KALRO and WSTF on 14th-15th November 2023. The workshop provided a learning platform and sharing of ideas on Sustainable Rangelands management, Sustainable feed fodder production, fodder/Pasture seed systems and the challenges and opportunities in Keny

The Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology hosted a team of five (5) experts on an exchange learning visit by the Somaliland Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries development (MoLFD) and, hosted by the Department of LARMAT The visit buttresses the department’s ,  and  the university's core values for developing partnerships and collaborations with other organizations as well as an opportunity for the GoSL to learn about UoN undergraduate and postgraduate programs in dryland resources management, agriculture and animal production

On 11-13th October, 2023,  Dr. Staline Kibet and Carolyne Kyalo from University of Nairobi (UON), (LARMAT), and Winnie Nunda from Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International, (CABI), David Amudavi, Charei Munene, Charles Kimani from Biovision Africa and Dub Isacko from Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Baringo, Regional Centre) facilitated a Native PEP inception Workshop.

The Chief Manager, Finance and Administration Mr Simphilicious Ochieng and Mr. Wilson Mutinda (Business development Manager) at University of Nairobi Enterprise Services (UNES) on 9th November, 2023, visited the Department of LARMAT to discuss modalities of partnering with LARMAT to develop the Kibwezi Field Station Agribusiness Centre of Excellence. The UNES team presented the concept note on various possible enterprises

Carolyne Kyalo from LARMAT, University of Nairobi and Dr. Klerkson Lugusa from United States International University Africa (USIU) facilitated a training on Rangeland Inventory, Assessment and Monitoring to Masaai Mara Wildlife Conservancy Association technical staff. The staff heads various dockets such as Natural Resource Management, gender and enterprises, education, Climate change, governance and to monitoring and evaluation.

Rangelands and their values, plant life forms (grassland, shrubland, desert, alpine, and some woodland ecosystems), have been facing a myriad of challenges in providing ecosystem goods and services that support the well-being of societies. The rangelands have continued to provide sufficient, safe and nutritious food to all people.

The East African Community in collaboration with partners Stockholm Environmental Institute, Bioinnovate Africa, among others, have combined efforts to develop policies to support bioeconomy for Africa.

SMARTGRAZE is funded through the RUFORUM GRA Graduate Research Grants. The project seeks to investigate the impacts of holistic planned grazing (HPG) on carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrious oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions, soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil properties, biomass production, diversity and nutritional quality, and livestock forage preferences in a semi-arid rangeland of Kajiado County, Kenya. Data will be collected from plots under HPG system and traditional grazing during the wet and dry seasons.

The Chairman, Department of Land Resources Management and Agricultural Technology(LARMAT), Prof. Richard Onwong'a  welcomes all 1^st Year Student who were registered on 25th September.

The following six postgraduate students from this department, having successfully completed their respective degree programmes, will be among the thousands of students to be conferred with degrees during the