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FRUVASE Project, Fruits and Vegetables for all seasons project which is a collaborative project being coordinated by Germany partner involves Kenya, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The University of Nairobi is part of the research team that is drawn from Departments of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, Animal Science, Plant Science and Crop Protection. The project supports 4 MSc. And 2 PhD students who participated in the progress meeting.

University staff took part in virtual training to enhance their skills in the use of online platforms as means of students’ instruction. As art of the university enhancement of online learning, this training was held on April 12, 2021. DFSNT academic staff participated in this training.

Train-the-trainers capacity building programme entrepreneurship and innovation certification (EIMEC) was held on 12-16 April, 2021. The programme which brought together diverse professionals from different countries was facilitated by the University of Nairobi-School of Business, ARU-CoE for unemployment and Skills Development, University of Lagos and John Pappajohn Entrepreneurship Centre, University of Iowa, United States. Dr.

In a virtual held virtually, the MSC students from the Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology made their research proposal presentations. The eleven students drawn from two programmes, Applied Human Nutrition and Food Safety and Quality presented research titles cutting across food safety, food quality, product development, assessment of nutritional status as well as practices in the community that affect different segments of the population.

This workshop aimed at exploring innovations and technologies to ensure and enhance food security and how their implementation can be governed responsibly, especially in light of two new policy initiatives in relation to the implementation of two technologies to address food security, namely of GM crops and antibiotics in livestock farming

Objectives of the workshop

The department of Food Science Nutrition and Technology hold a virtual career talk with students, the invited guest was Dr. Carolyn Kemunto Nyamasege. 

The University of Nairobi (UoN) has been fully accredited to train students in BSc. Food Nutrition and Dietetics at the Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology (DFSNT), College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences (CAVS). As a leading institution in Kenya and the region, UoN has been offering the programme based on interim licence.

Dr. Lucy Njue and Dr. G.O. Abong' attending National Codex Committee at Kenya Bureau of Standards headquarters on March 2, 2021

The University of Nairobi through the Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology (DFSNT) and the Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection (PSCP) made a follow up visit and training to Karurumo farmers group in Embu to emphasize on a number of key requirements for value addition of mangoes and other fruits and vegetables.