DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
As the world population continues to surge, many challenges also emerge which include among many; climate change and variability, loss of ecosystem resilience, land degradation, loss of biodiversity, land fragmentation, land tenure and land use changes, conflict over natural resources, increasing vulnerability of dryland livelihoods to droughts and floods and loss of access to global markets.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND VISIONS OF AFRICA-US HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS
The University of Nairobi (UoN), through the Center for Sustainable Dryland Ecosystems and Societies (CSDES) in collaboration with Kenyatta University (KU) and other partners held a successful event on 10th February 2012 at the Kenya Institute of Education that was aimed at introducing accomplishments and Visions of Africa-US higher education partnerships in the two Universities.
Dry land Community Voices: Setting a Joint Agenda in Higher Education and Development, from the Ground up
Opening of the dryland community voices workshop at the African Advanced Level Telecommunication Institute (AFRALITI) on 30th November 2011 by prof. Agnes Mwang’ombe the Principal, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Upper Kabete Campus, University of Nairobi.
