SUSTAINABLE FARMING : LESSONS OF HOPE ON EGYPTIAN LAND

During the Midterm evaluation meeting for the project, Supporting Climate Change Adaptation for Communities through Integrated Soil–Cropping–Livestock Production Systems (AFRA) regional project, great lessons from Egyptian land that has been farmed over 1000 years! Yet productivity remains high and soil fertility remains well managed!

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