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OUR LANDSCAPES ARE DEGRADED. LETS RESTORE THEM

Ms. Carolyne Kyalo trained pastoral and agro-pastoral communities of Garissa and Kitui Counties on Participatory Range Management (PRM). The aim of this exercise to help these communities in identifying potential plant and grass species for the restoration degraded lands in which their livestock’s depends on.

REGISTER! REGISTER! UON FOUNDATION LAUNCH

The University of Nairobi Management lead by the VC, Prof. Stephen Kiama yesterday 20th, June, 2022, met Faculty of Agriculture and faculty of Vet Medicine to sensitize staff on UoN Foundation to be Launched on Thursday June 30, 2022. This is Initiative is for us all.  He encouraged members of staff to register and disseminate the information to other UoN alma mater  as well as stakeholders. 

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DOES RANGELAND MANAGEMENT HAS IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY

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.

ROLE OF RANGELANDS IN SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Dr. Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) provided a lecture on Rangeland Ecosystems the Wake of Climate Change. The Webinar was organized by Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Kenya and Farmers Association of Community Self Help Investment Groups (FACHIG) Trust from Zimbabwe.

SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT LIVESTOCK TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Dr. Oscar Koech and Dr. Oliver Wasonga from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) participated in a workshop organized by IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) with financial support from the World Bank Group.

INTEGRATED SOIL–CROPPING–LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Dr. Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) participated in a workshop organized by the Department of Technical Cooperation, International Atomic Energy Agency. The workshop purpose was to introduce the current status of Integrated Soil Cropping Livestock Production System and to update the project work plan.

LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL GRASSLANDS AND RANGELND CONGRESS -IGC –IRC KENYA 2021

Prof. Moses Nyangito, the Dean Faculty of Agriculture and Dr. Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) participated in a workshop organized by the joint XXIV International Grassland Congress and XI International Rangeland Kenya 2021.