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On March 17, 2025, Ms. Charlene Ruto, Director of the SMACHS Foundation and daughter of President William Ruto, visited the University of Nairobi's Upper Kabete Campus On March 17, 2025. Her visit was aimed at exploring potential collaborations between the Foundation and the University's Faculty of Agriculture. The visit aimed to identify opportunities for youth engagement in post-harvest management, food processing, value addition, and agricultural technologies.

The University of Nairobi Students Association (UNSA)  elections will take place on March 26, 2025. This event will see students elect new leaders to represent their interests and steer the association for the upcoming academic year.

The elections are a cornerstone of student governance at the university, providing an opportunity for students to actively participate in shaping campus policies and initiatives. Key positions up for grabs include the UNSA President, Vice President, Secretary General, Treasurer, and various school representatives.

The Brazilian Embassy in Kenya, in collaboration with the University of Nairobi’s Faculty of Agriculture, organized an insightful seminar focusing on agricultural technologies and technology transfer on 28th Feb 2025. The event, held at the university’s Faculty of Agriculture, highlighted innovative solutions to address water scarcity in arid regions, with a particular emphasis on rainwater harvesting techniques.

The 2nd Professorial Inaugural Lecture of the Faculty of Agriculture

The Council visited the Faculty of Agriculture to gain an in-depth understanding of its academic processes, research initiatives, and supporting infrastructure. During the visit, they explored the faculty’s academic programs, and overall quality assurance mechanisms. They also visited the faculty’s Pilot plant , highlighting the areas of innovation and collaboration with industry.

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The 3^rd African Conference on Precision Agriculture (AfCPA 2024) started today 3rd of December 2024, and will run for three days to 5th December 2024. While the main conference site is in Marrakech, Morocco, there will be a network of in-person satellite conference sites across Africa, Nairobi included. The Nairobi site will be at the University of Nairobi, University Towers, Main Campus.

A team of Jiandsu Tianxiang and the Chinese Academy of Sciences made a courtesy call to the Faculty of Agriculture, today 28th November 2024, following their expression of interest within the faculty. The subject of interest was exploration for dry-land Rice and wheat farming and other Technological collaborations between Jiangsu Tianxiang Material Technological Company Ltd, China and The University of Nairobi

Guests from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), Ms. Lydiah Maranga,
program officer Horticulture Innovation Lab and Dr. Michel Kabirigi, Post Doc with the
Lab and Dr Mumina Shibia, Dr. Alice Murage and Mr Joshua Ngigi from KALRO and Dr
Penina Yumpya from International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED), who