In an effort to set its foot in the Masai Mara ecosystem, the Water Research and Resource Center (WARREC)  is working closely with the Masai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association (MMWCA) to foster collaboration to address research gaps that exist in the Mara.  This is in partnership with the Soil Water and environmental Engineering Department (SWEED), and the Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Department (CCEE). In September 2017 the first meeting to initiate the collaboration was held in JKUAT followed by a reconnaissance visit by the JKUAT team on 7th – 8th December 2017 led by… Continue reading →

Through funding from The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the Water Research and Resource center (WARREC) is implementing a project aimed at automating river monitoring in the Upper Tana. The project also aims at carrying out biophysical data analysis as part of research inputs, knowledge management and Institutional capacity development (component 3) of the IFAD-funded Upper Tana- Nairobi Water Fund (UTNWF) Project. This funding is an output of the signed MoU between JKUAT and TNC and will offer fifteen (15) Msc. Scholarships to JKUAT. Implementation of the project started, reconnaissance visits have done and now in the… Continue reading →

    Prof. Eng. Bancy Mati, the Director of WARREC, participated in the recent “Water for Food International Forum on Farmer-led Irrigated Agriculture, Seeds of opportunity” which was held from 29 to 30th January 2018, at the World Bank Conference Center in Washington, D.C., USA. Prof Mati was a Discussant in the Session on “Collective Action is Making it Happen”, in which panelists presented the risks/ challenges, role of local institutions and governance approaches for irrigated agriculture in various parts of the world. Prof. Mati provided critique to panelist views and then explored the options… Continue reading →