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My Journey Towards Development of Disease Resistant Cassava

On 17th and 18th March 2021, the Faculty of Agriculture played host to a stakeholder consultative and inception workshop that brought together diverse stakeholders from various government ministries, private sector actor and development partners. The inception/consultative workshop is one of the activities in a collaborative project between the University of Nairobi and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Want to fight Climate Change and improve the quality of life in Africa?   Eisenhower fellowships (EF) engages
ascendant leaders from around the world to enhance their professional capabilities,broaden and deepen their perspectives and enlist them in a global community of like-minded individuals united by their drive to make a positive impact in their societies.Eisenhower Fellows are outstanding leaders with a track record of achievement who are expected to assume positions of greater influence in their respective fields and
countries.

The Office of the Dean of Students and UNSA Secretariat has received over 100 applications from staff and students in the five categories:

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Learning platforms

The University of Nairobi through the Earth observation and environmental sensing for climate-smart sustainable agro-pastoral ecosystem transformation in East Africa (ESSA) project is offering 2 PhDs and 3 MScin various areas of research outlined below:

1.PhD in Plant Science and Crop Protection:

 Prof. Jane Ambuko from the Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection will be hosting a webinar on the  Consortium for Innovations in Post-harvest Loss and Waste Reduction (Iowa State University) on Wednesday 3rd 2021 at 5.00 pm all are encouraged to join through the link below.

Webinar Registration Link

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dVJaGxKzTbam9E-92MAt8Q

The Africa Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) is hold a Virtual Symposium on Enhancing knowledge Transfer and Exchange in African HE and Research on Thursday, February 25, 2021 from 9.00 am. The focus is on enhancing collaboration between African and UK universities.

The Strengthening Kenyan Small-scale Mango Processors to Access Market and Reduce
Losses (SAP) Project team has embarked on a series of training and capacity building
activities for mango farmers and processors in Kenya. The SAP project is a collaborative
initiative between the University of Nairobi (UON) and Purdue University (USA) which is
supported by the Rockefeller Foundation (Yieldwise initiative). The project is also supported
by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) through the Consortium for