Innovation

Prof. Catherine Kunyanga , Associate Dean Faculty of Agriculture   who is also an Associate  Professor in the Department of Food Science Nutrition and Technology visited  Feed the future innovation lab for food safety by USAID - presenting on poultry value chain. Women and youth pay a vital role in the poultry value chain - interventions targeting reduction of Salmonella and Campylobacter pathogens should actively engage them and consider roles of gender in this value chains. Annual meeting in Cambodia 13-17th November 2023

Join us as we usher in the new dawn of cutting edge agricultural innovations during the ground-breaking ceremony for the Agricultural Technology and Innovation Centre (ATIC) at Upper Kabete Campus is set for Tuesday, 25th July. This milestone is part of our collaboration with Elgon Kenya, aimed at fostering innovation and advancing Kenya's agricultural sector. ATIC will nurture promising innovations and empower students, farmers, and entrepreneurs.

After 3 months of coaching on business pitching of innovative ideas, Vilgro brought together 5 finalists in a virtual bootcamp to pitch their business ideas for funding. Among the 5 finalists included Pera foods, a start up that is the brain child of Duke Gekonge, a PhD student in the Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology. Pera foods has come up with innovations from guava (pera) and is seeking to scale up the activities to reach the wider market.

THE UNESCO’s Global Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Instruments
(GO-SPIN) programme designed to expose —through the rigorous application of an
assessment lens— usable insights about science, engineering, technology and innovation (SETI)