Africa Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Operations for Resource Management and Food Supply
Call for applications to participate in the Kühne Logistics University Summer School
Below is a list of the people who attended the burial of the late 2nd year Agribusiness Management student, Peter Kimani Karanga on 8th March 2022 at Njoro, Nakuru County.
The Africa Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Operations for Resource Management and Food Supply convened a one day stakeholders’ workshop on 24th of February 2022 to review the Master of Sustainable Management and Operations (SuMO) curriculum. The workshop brought together stakeholders drawn from government ministries, non-governmental organizations, development agencies, private sector, research organizations and academia. The feedback provided was instrumental in shaping the content, delivery and assessment of the program by ensuring its relevance to industry needs.
FOOD and Local, Agricultural and Nutritional Diversity ( FoodLAND) project aims to conduct surveys, behavioral experiments, develop, implement and validate innovative, scalable and sustainable technologies aimed at supporting the nutrition performance of local food systems in Africa. These technologies range from novel nutritious food products, production technologies, and several types of technologies for food processing.
Staff Exchange Visit at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) in Bondo
The VC of University of Nairobi Prof. S. Kiama, DVC Academic Affairs Prof. J. Ogeng'o, Dean Faculty of Agriculture Prof. R. Nyikal and the chairman of LARMAT today the 6th of November 2022, attended the meeting for signing of the Performance Contract 2021/2022. The chairman of Agricultural Economics Dr. J. Nzuma was in attendance.
The outgoing Chairman, Department of Agricultural Economics Prof. John Mburu hands over to the incoming Chairman Dr. Jonathan Nzuma on Monday, December 20, 2022.
Sustainable Management and Operations (SuMO) is a new three year PhD program. It is planned to be offered at the Kuehne Logistics University (KLU) through the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nairobi, by the Africa Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Operations for Resource Management and Food Supply.
Visiting lecturer Prof. Gor C.O from Jaramogi oginga odinga University held a talk for first years from the department of Agricultural Economics. Prof Gor presented on Agripreneurship. The talk was based on the fact that economies in developing countries mostly depend on Agriculture. According to RoK (2012) agriculture is the mainstay of Kenya’s economy, currently contributing 24 per cent of the GDP directly, and another 27 per cent indirectly.
The talk was held on 10th Dec 2021 at Upper Kabete Campus.
