COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP ON THE USE OF PROSOPIS JULIFORA (MEZQUITE) TO IMPROVE WELFARE OF COMMUNITIES IN THE ARID BARINGO COUNTY

Dr. Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) organized for a workshop under the project “Studying the Use of Mezquite to Improve Welfare of Communities in Arid and Semi-arid Zones of the World”. The project is funded by GCRF, Research England, as part of an Interdisciplinary Research Project Award 2019 led by Dr. Gonzalez Carranza as Principal investigator from the University of Nottingham, and Dr.

DO KNOW YOUR RANGE GRASS? RANGELAND IMPROVEMENT AND PRACTICES

Fourth year students in Range Management had pleasure to understand the difference between increasers and decreasers grasses species with case examples. While this study is well articulated, as a Range Manager or expertise in Range management acts as the best tool for rangeland rehabilitation. Students were also familiarized on management, distribution, propagation as well as grazing value of the grasses species.

ROLE OF NACOSTI IN FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION POLICIES

Mr Stephen K.Tirop, Chief Technologist, Dept of LARMAT Attended a Seminar at the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies on Wednesday November 13, 2019: A bout the Role of NACOSTI in Formulation and Implementation of Science Technology & Innovation Policies. Margaret W.