The Department of LARMAT on November 29th, 2023, hosted a team of researcher partners from Cardiff University under the “Translation of climate information into multilevel decision support for social adaptation, policy development, and resilience to water scarcity in the Horn of Africa Drylands (DOWN2EARTH) project. DOWN2EARTH seeks to address the multi-faceted challenges of water scarcity and food insecurity under climate change in Horn of Africa Drylands, by facilitating community-centered adaptation and resilience to climate change impacts.

Prof.Oliver Vivian Wasonga from Department of Land Resources Management and Agricultural Technology(LARMAT) is the 2nd overall best researcher at the University of Nairobi while Dr. Oscar Koech from LARMAT was recognized as the second best overall teacher in the Faculty of Agriculture.

On 24th November 2023. Elkanah Kipkoech Langat defended his research thesis entitled “Evaluation of Selected Chickpea (Cicer Arietinum) Accessions for Tolerance to Soil Acidic Conditions under Hydroponic and Pot Conditions “. He was conferred with a degree in Master of Science in Land and Water Management during the 70th UoN Graduation ceremony held on 15th December 2023. Prof. Richard Onwonga and Dr. Anne Karuma supervised the thesis