University of Nairobi students attend the International Training Course on Organic Agriculture (ITCOA) From left to right: Oliver, Erick, Terry, Elkannah, Elvine, Erick, Caroline, Bernice

The University of Nairobi third year students, in the Faculty of Agriculture, were competitively selected and invited to participate in the International Training Course on Organic Agriculture (ITCOA) annually held between July 10 th – 31 st at Makerere University, Uganda. The aim of the ITCOA is to expose students in their third year of study to new and different perspectives on relevant knowledge and process skills on organic agriculture within an interdisciplinary learning environment. The course draws participants from; BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Vienna, Austria), Makerere University (Uganda), Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania), University of Nairobi (Kenya) and Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia). The course is organized and facilitated by BOKU, Austria in partnership with the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture. The objective of this capacity development project is to strengthen the organic agricultural sector in East Africa by increasing the number of University graduates with relevant theoretical and practical knowledge and process skills in organic agriculture. At higher level, the goal of the ITCOA is to link partner universities committed to institutionalize organic agriculture training at regional level.

Student group work on “Agroecological Health” – Theory and Practice

Section of the ITCOA participants on an organic farmer’s field. Inset Dr. Onwonga