RIE(Research Innocation & Extension) has created a Research and Innovation Blog at https://uonresearch.org/blog/ and is calling for insightful articles with a current focus on the COVID-19 Pandemic. This could also include recasting the key ideas in academic articles on COVID19 that are fast coming and presenting them at the level of the general reader. COVID19 pandemic is not just a health problem.

Dr. David Jakinda, an agricultural economist and a lecturer in the department of Agricultural Economics amongst other speakers was today hosting a webinar discussion on "understanding the effects of the covid -19 pandemic on food security in Kenya and globally".The webinar dug into issues on finance and food security during and after the COVID-19 pandemic to determine what steps governments can take to reduce the impact of the food crises that are bound.