Embrace Local Solutions for Regional Peace and Development, Amb. Maalim Urges

Eastern African states must individually and collectively streamline peace and stability efforts if the region is to attain and even surpass the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, and the Africa Agenda 2063. This is the surest way of achieving a baseline scenario of success, or the ... Continue reading →

JKUAT Mental Health Day Shines Spot Light on Importance of Self Awareness

Speakers during this year’s University’s Mental Health Day have stressed the need to focus on self-awareness in order to understand mental health and reduce stigma associated with the problem. When we lose touch with self-awareness and fail to understand our mental state, they said, we lose our ... Continue reading →

Students’ Research Critical for Coconut Value Addition

Seven postgraduate students from various departments in the University are beneficiaries of a research grant by the Manufacturing Research Chair on Coconut Value Addition. The students comprising of three ladies and four gentlemen presented their concept papers which will be useful in designing ... Continue reading →

JKUAT, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ghent University Joint Sweet Potato Research

Sweet potato plays a critical role in food security and is considered as the sixth most important food crop worldwide, following rice, wheat, potatoes, maize, and cassava. However, in Sub-Saharan Africa, the sweet potato species have been generally overlooked in curbing food security due to ... Continue reading →

Researchers Show Their Knack in Poster Presentations

In a bid to promote more research and validate academic publications in the University, AFRICA-ai-JAPAN organized poster presentations for post-graduate researchers funded under the project. During this year’s competitions held on Friday, May 23, 2022, a total of 27 researchers drawn from ... Continue reading →

Remote Sensing; A Critical Game-Changer in Sustainable Agriculture

Research indicates that the coming 10-40 years will see major challenges in meeting food demand in a sustainable manner. Food demand will rise by 60% by 2050. This comes at the backdrop of increasing pressure on water quantity and quality. Agriculture is by far the world’s largest water user ... Continue reading →

Fraunhofer Explores Research Collaboration with JKUAT

The Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (Fraunhofer ICT)) is seeking a research collaboration centered on sustainability and renewable energy with the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). Fraunhofer ICT, based in Pfinztal, Germany, is one among the institutes ... Continue reading →