JOINT LEARNING EVENT ON “IMPROVING LIVELIHOODS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE THROUGH INNOVATION IN KENYA’S ASAL COUNTIES”

Dr Oscar Koech from the Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology participated as a Panelist in a Joint Learning Event on “Improving Livelihoods and Climate Resilience through Innovation in Kenya’s ASAL Counties” hosted by SNV in partnership with KALRO and WSTF on 14th-15th November 2023. The workshop provided a learning platform and sharing of ideas on Sustainable Rangelands management, Sustainable feed fodder production, fodder/Pasture seed systems and the challenges and opportunities in Keny

LARMAT HOST EXCHANGE TEAM FROM THE MINISTRY OF LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT, SOMALILAND

The Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology hosted a team of five (5) experts on an exchange learning visit by the Somaliland Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries development (MoLFD) and, hosted by the Department of LARMAT The visit buttresses the department’s ,  and  the university's core values for developing partnerships and collaborations with other organizations as well as an opportunity for the GoSL to learn about UoN undergraduate and postgraduate programs in dryland resources management, agriculture and animal production

NATIVE PLANTS FOR ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE (NATIVE PEP) PROJECT WORKSHOP AND STUDENT SUPPORT

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.