The College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences (CAVS) joined the international community in observing the World Environment Day that is marked globally every year on June 5th. To mark the day, CAVS, in liaison with like-minded stakeholders planted 200 tree seedlings at the College Dam, off Lower Kabete Road.
As we celebrate 50 years of excellence, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences and the University of Nairobi at large in partnership with the Equity Group Foundation and Kenya Forest Service held a tree planting activity at Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies and Kanyariri Vet farm on 18th May, 2021.
The College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences held tree planting exercise at Kanyariri Vet farm on 18th April, 2021.The Equity bank who donated 1000 seedlings, Hindu Religious and Service Center who donated 100 seedlinds and Kshs 20,000.00 for labour, Kenya Forest Service, Tana and Athi River Development Authority (TARDA),
Development Pathways is pleased to announce applications for the 2021 Krystle Kabare Scholarship program. The scholarship will award one Kenyan graduate student with disabilities a full academic scholarship to attend the University of Nairobi in September.
OHCEA Kenya seeks to hire consultants to undertake the following assignment as outlined in Terms of References.
One Health Training Needs Assessment of Middle Level Colleges
The University of Nairobi is celebrating its 50 years of existence as the first university to be chartered in Kenya. This is to mark and celebrate the many achievements made during the period. The Faculty of Agriculture has been part of this journey and has contributed immensely to capacity development, research contribution and policy support for the country and the region.
The University of Nairobi celebrated its first inaugural talent day which attracted many students and staff who showcased different talents from the different categories namely; music, singing and poetry, ICT and engineering innovation, arts design and fashion show, karate, taekwondo and dance, modeling, catwalk, Mr and Miss Talent day and other categories like bible citation, narrative/spoken word, instrumentals and news presenters.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Gitahi Kiama visited the College on Wednesday March 3, 2021 from 3:00 pm. The purpose of the visit was to check on the progress regarding renovation works at Tana Kitchen so as to enable students use the new kitchen. The renovation had been going on for the last one year and 90% of the work had been done. The contractor informed the Vice-Chancellor that the pace of the work had been slowed down by impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The University of Nairobi (UoN) has been fully accredited to train students in BSc. Food Nutrition and Dietetics at the Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology. As a leading institution in Kenya and the region, UoN has been offering the program based on interim license.
The University of Nairobi through the Earth observation and environmental sensing for climate-smart sustainable agro pastoral ecosystem transformation in East Africa (ESSA) project is offering 2 PhDs and 3 MSc scholarships in various areas of research outlined below:
