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CDAIS International Forum held on May 2019

By catherinem

Prof. Florence Olubayo with her collaborators Prof. Robyn McConchie and Ms. Emma Walters from the University of Sydney, have been running a capacity building program on ‘increasing the development impact of Agricultural Research’ for mid-career Agricultural personnel in the African continent here in Kenya since 2015.

Master of Science in Agronomy

Agronomy was traditionally defined in the context of a speciality area of arable agriculture

emphasizing field crops. While breeders attempt to match varieties to the environment,

agronomists attempt to adapt them to the environment and management. Agronomy,

therefore, is the cornerstone of all crop productivity which must be driven by the necessary

education, training, research and capacity building in light of the following imperatives: use

of improved seed and other inputs, knowledge in plant and cell physiology, management of

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