A balanced diet and good nutrition are not only important as a source of energy for our active lives but are critical for our defense against disease. According to the world health organization (WHO) a healthy diet helps to protect against malnutrition in all its forms, as well as non-communicable diseases, including such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to exacerbate an already alarming food insecurity situation. Before the emergence of the pandemic, food insecurity was already on the rise in the region due to factors such as climatic shocks and livestock pests and diseases. The desert locust outbreak added to the already growing concerns. It is against this backdrop that the Committee on Fiscal Studies has organized a webinar on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on financing food security in Kenya and globally.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Nairobi has adopted innovative online tools to conduct core functions of teaching and e-Learning during lock down period. The move is designed to provide continuity for student’s education while at the same time help slow down spread of the Corona virus to the University community.
In February 23-29th 2020, a delegation from the University of Nairobi led by Prof. Francis Mulaa, Prof. Rose Nyikal Principal CAVS, Prof. Leonida Kerubo, Prof Ayub Gitau and Dr. Thomas Ochuku Mbuya visited ParisTech to explore opportunities of cooperation between Paris Tech Graduate Engineering Schools and the University of Nairobi, in order to develop joint academic programs, industrial linkages, staff and students mobility, and research collaboration.
Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN Kenya), and the University of Nairobi held an inaugural session of the CSA Campus Forum on Thursday, 20th February 2020 at the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, 844 Building from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM.
Applications are invited for admission to the Integrated Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Audit (EIA&EA) course at the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies (WMI). The Course duration is three (3) weeks, from March 9, 2020, to March 27, 2020.
Dr. Oscar Koech from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) participated in a workshop under the project “Studying the Use of Mezquite to Improve Welfare of Communities in Arid and Semi-arid Zones of the World”. The project is funded by GCRF, Research England, as part of an Interdisciplinary Research Project Award 2019 led by Dr.
The Vice-Chancellor emphasized on the importance of the website for the wide University agenda and strategies of ensuring good performance by being committed and work hard as a team.
The College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences (CAVS) held a one-day curriculum review workshop for all academic units. The workshop was held on November 5, 2019, at Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies. The workshop was attended by all heads of academic units, deans, directors, curriculum review experts, quality assurance, the college principal and members of academic staff.
