University of Nairobi

Today the department of LARMAT conducted two exams online for undergraduate students with 98% attendance and successful exams answer sheet turned in. These were fourth and third year BSC in Management of Agroecosystems and Environment under taking Recycling and Bio-conversion of Organic Waste and  Environmental planning and Management respectively. It was noted as recommendable progress since inception of second semester exams 2019- 2020 amid Corona virus pandemic.

The chairman, Department of Land Resources Management  and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) assisted by the Department  online exam committee and fellow lecturers has declared a smooth end of postgraduate exams in this semester. The last exam was conducted on 10th July 2020 and the entire session was friendly. Students were adequately guided by their lectures on use of Google classroom in conducting exams with most of units recording 100% attendance. It was noted despite few hitches all students managed  to turn in answer sheet in time.

Are students, staff, parent, stakeholders, guardian or Mentor never look down to your carrier path? As all has been examined and will be examined in future, this is an opportunity for you and circle of your mentorship.  Unilever Academy Webinars in Partnership with the University of Nairobi invites you to Pre-Exam Webinar session on Friday July 17, 2020 from 2.00 – 3.00pm. The session aims at giving you tips as you prepare adequately for your Exams. Do not miss.

Career Services office, University of Nairobi in collaboration with SHL invites staff and students to live webinar in the following sessions all starting from 5pm to 6pm.

The department of Land Resources Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) yesterday 29th June 2020 administered five exams online to postgraduate students. These are student undertaking Masters of Science courses in (Soil Science, Range Management, Management of Agroecosystems and Environment, Land and water management and PhD in Dryland Resource Management. The exercise recorded 100% attendance and the exam was administered via google classroom while adequately monitored by Course leaders and other invigilators.

On Thursday, 11th June 2020, over 118 University of Nairobi staff drawn from the 6 campuses were trained on use of google classroom for online exam preparation, processing and administration amid Covid-19 pandemic. The training was comprehensive and demonstrated understanding that this can be implemented with efforts of both lectures and students. However, this requires further scrutiny and training to fully understand the system with support of UoN Examination Centre personnel(s).

Down2earth project Aims to help rural East African communities adapt to climate change using state-of-the-art predictions of water scarcity and food insecurity. 

A major component of DOWN2EARTH involves improving the accuracy of forecasting climate variability in critical rainy seasons and assessing its impact on the total amount of water stored in soils for agriculture and deeper underground for drinking water supplies.

Are a postgraduate student studying at College of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, University of Nairobi? You are invited for  1 hour (2-3 pm) Zotero Training on 14th May 2020  which will take place  online.  Join the meeting  via  meet.google.com/hpj-xdrk-aur or Join by phone +1 646-600-5507.  Your supervisors  are also invited. Curculate this communication  to fellow students and staff. Zotero is software for Citation management.

Ecosystems exist as complex socio-ecological systems. There is constant intervention by society through management, resource use and pollution. Due to this, ecosystem management and conservation is key to Biodiversity conservation.

As the world’s most important group of pollinators, bees are a crucial part of agricultural production and natural ecosystem function. They contribute immensely to food security through pollination services; provide mankind with hive products of many economic benefits.

Pastoralists rely on livestock for their livelihood and pastoralist communities are widespread in the arid- and semiarid regions of Africa. In fact, 70 % of East Africa’s livestock population resides in Kenya. The harsh conditions of the drylands with severe droughts, erratic rainfall and land degradation make it difficult to sustain on conventional agriculture or other activities. As a consequence, food security in the drylands record the lowest indices compared to other areas in Eastern Africa.