Egerton University, the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), and Gulu University in Uganda are implementing a programme titled “Transforming African Agricultural Universities to Meaningfully Contribute to Africa's Growth and Development” (TAGDev).

Theme: Food Systems and Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development.

Through the “Transforming African Agricultural Universities to meaningfully contribute to Africa’s Growth and Development (TAGDev) Program, Egerton University held the 4^th National Forum for Universities, TVETs and Industry Players in the Agricultural Sector on 21 and 22 July 2021 virtually from the Main Campus in Njoro.

Following an intensive Peer Counselors training workshop coordinated by the Dean of Students office, 100 peer counsellors and 4 administrative staff members from key service Departments of the Dean of Students and Accommodation departments were finally inaugurated to begin their work.

Whenever he is not in class or completing an academic assignment at Kenya’s Egerton University, Gabriel Kwendo is likely to be at Comrades Dairy, helping to make and package yoghurt or sell milk to customers.

Delivered on Monday, 18^th October 2021, At Main Campus, Njoro.

Egerton University, Kenya, in partnership with the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and Gulu University in Uganda, through the support from MasterCard Foundation, is implementing a Program titled “Transforming African Agricultural Universities to meaningfully contribute to Africa’s Growth and Development (TAGDev)”.

Whenever he is not in class or completing an academic assignment at Kenya’s Egerton University, Gabriel Kwendo is likely to be at Comrades Dairy, helping to make and package yoghurt or sell milk to customers.

Delivered at the 14^th Biennial International Virtual Conference via ZOOM (23^rd to 25^th March, 2022)

I am honored to play this role of speaking at the closing ceremony of the Egerton University 14^th Biennial International Conference ‘Virtual’ whose theme is “Research and Innovation for Resilience in a Changing Environment”.

Egerton University remains committed to address the knowledge and skills gap in achieving sustainable development. Enhanced collaboration with TVET institutions is important towards provision of knowledge and solutions to underpin the implementation of key national development goals.

Egerton University has a long history of offering extension services to the communities. The university uses many avenues to reach the community, one of them being the Egerton Radio hosted at 101.7 FM or online streaming https://www.egerton.ac.ke/radio. “Kilimo Bora”, a Swahili word translated to ‘Good Agriculture’, is an agricultural show hosted on Egerton Radio.

Egerton University agriculture students on Monday 18^th July held a farmers training session in neighboring Njokerio village. The training that focused on horticulture was conducted by Concillia Orwa and Emily Jerop currently undertaking degrees in agricultural education and extension, and agribusiness management, respectively.

                  The Egerton University Environmental Association invites you to its Youth Environmental Summit on November 18th 2022.  

A radio programme on agriculture that runs on the university’s radio, Egerton Radio (101. 7 FM) every Saturday continues to impact on the lives of farmers in Nakuru county.

A total of 22 participants (Lecturers and tutors) drawn from Njoro Polytechnic, Rift Valley Institute of Science and technology, Dairy Training Institute, Baraka Agricultural College andEgerton universityare attending the training. The inclusion of TVET tutors is key to enhance replicability of the course to a wider audience hence growth to student led businesses beyond university and also inventing totally new products and ideas.

The business readiness course is a program designed by the Agri entrepreneurship Alliance with the support of PBL BioAfrica Project introduces key business skills and knowledge to those already involved in business on a small-scale or who are potential entrepreneurs.  This training course is designed for the university students and surrounding communities of interest. Recently 3 staff of Egerton University undergone the full package in Zambia, in order to put experience to practice the team is proposing to train students and the business community around the University once every month.

The training targets Faculty members, TVET tutors, PhD students, final year students and the community at large. The trainers for this training course are targeting to train 400 final year students, 40 faculty members, 30 TVET tutors and 100 members of the Community in 10 cohorts. The module will approximate 30 – 40 participants per cohort in a duration of 4 days (40 hours) training period.

The training program will provide some of the theoretical basis of teaching approach as well as providing practical guidelines to facilitating ‘experiential learning’ along with exercises and activities that can break the ice and encourage a group of students to build teams and participate fully in the course. They will employ human centered design and problem based learning and key adult learning tools and methods to reduce the lead time between learning of a skill and its practical application to the participants.

Facilitators

1. Dr. Ben Oloo Odhiambo    DAFTEC

2. Victor Kilui Wabwile          AGEC/AGBM

3. Edwin Ondiege                   CDEV

Egerton University, one of Kenya's leading agricultural and research institutions, hosted the Second Workshop on Africa Asia Partnership for Sustainable Development on 25 April 2023. The Workshop, which aimed to enhance agricultural productivity and natural resources management towards contributing to the United Nations (U.N.) Sustainable Development Goals, was officially opened by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs) Prof. Bernard Aduda.

A 5th National Forum for Universities, TVETs and Agricultural Stakeholders will be held at the Physical Science Complex at Egerton University on 20th and 21st July.

Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,

I stand before you today with immense pleasure and pride as we gather here at Egerton University for the 5^th National Forum for Universities, TVETs, and Agricultural Stakeholders. This event serves as a remarkable platform for us to collectively address the critical issues of entrepreneurship, innovation, food and nutritional security, youth empowerment, and national development.

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