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International training workshop on Increasing the Development Impact of Agricultural Research in Africa

The Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, in collaboration with the University of Sydney, will conduct a five-week training course on Increasing the Development Impact of Agricultural Research in Africa The training will take place at the Southern Sun Mayfair Hotel, Nairobi.

Students attend the Emerging Scientist’s Training and Workshop 2019

Two MSc. Students in Range Management, Edwin Maingi and Sylvia Muchiri, both from the department of Land Resource Management and Technology (LARMAT), were among students who attended a 10 day emerging scientist’s workshop in Oloisukut conservancy, Narok County.

Seroprevalence of bovine leukosis infection in selected farming systems in Kenya

Bovine leukosis infection (EBL) is a worldwide occurring disease of cattle caused by the bovine leukemia virus and is clinically characterised by the occurrence of multiple lympho-sarcomas in about 10% of the infected cattle. In Africa, the prevalence of Bovine leukosis infection has been reported in Namibia, Egypt, South Africa, Uganda and Tanzania. In Kenya, cases of bovine lympho-sarcomas have been reported but the incidence, prevalence and distribution of the disease in the country remain unknown.

Adoption of the green concept in Nairobi for biodiversity conservation, environmental management and sustainable development goals implementation 

This study dwelt on the role adoption of green concept plays in environmental management and implementation of sustainable development goals in Kenya. This was studied using the case of Nairobi County. The theoretical framework was based on the institutional and resource-based theory where the coercive push and resource benefits for society were expected to influence the adoption of the green concept.

Light and scanning electron microscopy of the olfactory mucosa in the rufous sengi (Elephantulus rufescens)

Sengis are eutherian insectivores belonging to superorder Afrotheria, a recently defined clade of mammals that diverged from other placentals over 100 million years ago. In this study, a histological and ultrastructural analysis was carried out on the olfactory mucosa (OM) of the rufous sengi (Elephantulus rufescens) and the data were compared with those reported earlier in the dog (Canis familiaris) and the sheep (Ovis aries), whose dietary lifestyles are carnivorous and herbivorous, respectively.

Mitochondrial phylogeography and population structure of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus in the African Great Lakes region

The ixodid tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is the main vector of Theileria parva, wich causes the highly fatal cattle disease East Coast fever (ECF) in sub-Saharan Africa. Rhipicephalus appendiculatus populations differ in their ecology, diapause behaviour and vector competence. Thus, their expansion in new areas may change the genetic structure and consequently affect the vector-pathogen system and disease outcomes. In this study we investigated the genetic distribution of R.