PARTICIPATION IN THE AGRIFOSE2030 CHALLENGE WORKSHOP AT THE SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (SLU), UPPSALA, SWEDEN

Dr. Stephen Mureithi, a Lecturer at the Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) participated in the Agriculture for Food Security (AgriFoSe2030) Programme Challenge Workshop which was held at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden, October 31 – Nov 1, 2019.

LARMAT POST GRADUATE STUDENTS SHINES IN RESEARCH WEEK: THE ARGRO 2019 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION

In a thrilling and research experience on information sharing in various disciplines, over 25 post graduate students in LARMAT participated in poster and oral presentation of their ongoing and past research. Students’ research was drawn from various thematic areas.

This includes;

Doctor of Philosophy in Dryland Resource Management

Drylands cover about 40% of the earth’s land surface and are home to more than 38% of the world’s population. People living in drylands constitute a large fraction of the world’s poorest and according to the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index, over 50% are in dryland Africa. The drylands are faced with problems that present tough management, research and policy challenges. In Africa, for example, two-thirds of which is desert or drylands, and 73% of the agricultural drylands are moderate to severely degraded.