msc

Mr. Edwin Maingi successfully defended his MSc thesis titled: “EFFECTS OF SOIL MOISTURE VARIABILITY ON MORPHOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICS ATTRIBUTES OF ROOTS AND BUDS OF SELECTED RANGELAND GRASSES OF SOUTHERN RANGELANDS OF KENYA” during a virtual oral examination convened by Dean Faculty of Agriculture on January 18th, 2022. Edwin is a student in LARMAT pursuing MSC in Range Management. His Research work is supervised by Prof. Kinuthia Ngugi and Dr Oscar Koech.

ESSA projects Objective

ESSA project aims at increasing understanding of the dynamics of and inter-linkages between tropical upland forest cover and semi-arid lowland landscapes, and the multi-functionality of agro-pastoral landscapes, through a system-wide view of food and nutrition security, diversified livelihoods and ecosystem sustainability and improvement.

Claire Nasike Akello is a Masters student persuing Management of Agroecosystems and Environment in the Department of LARMAT. She has been nominated as one of youth doing an outstanding work in the agricultural sector.

Please spare a minute and vote for her. She is placed under the agriculture category.