The following five postgraduate students from the Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology having successfully completed their respective degree programmes, were among the thousands of students conferred with degrees during the 70th UoN Graduation Ceremony, held on 15th December 2023.
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.
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Dr.Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) provided a talk during a webinar organized by Africa One Health University Network (AFROHUN) in relation to Covid -19 and other Health issues. Dr. Koech provided a talk on Rangelands in the Wake of Climate Change: Need for Research and Innovations for Sustainable Rangelands Productivity.
On Friday 11th February, 2022, 6 students presented their research progress to their supervisors, fellow students and other members of staff. Among those presented students pursuing postgraduate degrees in,
Walter successfully defended his MSC thesis titled: “Analysis of Urban and Peri-Urban Pastoral Herd Composition, Land-Use Changes, and Drivers of Pastoralism in Nairobi City” during a virtual oral examination convened by the Faculty of Agriculture on February 02, 2022. Wafula was registered in the Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology (LARMAT), and his thesis work has been supervised by Dr.
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.
Dr. Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) between 6th- 10th Dec, 2021 participated in the National Sensitization workshop on Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture Frameworks and Technologies in the Practices of Range Management and Pastoralism in ASAL areas of Kenya organized by Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and cooperatives, State Department for Livestock.
