| dc.description.abstract | The Department of Land Resource Management and
Agricultural Technology (LARMAT)
through training,
research and community service, aims at enhancing sustainable natural resource management and
development of technologies suitable for sustainable livelihoods, and informing policy.
The department offers
b
oth undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in soil, water, range, agroforestry and environmental
management. The department also offers consultancy and advisory services in soil survey,
soil fertility and
water management,
land use
planning, and bio
-
fer
tilizer producti
on among others.
The Department hosts the
Center for
S
ustainable Dryland Ecosystems and Societies (CSDES) and the regional Micro
-
Biology Resource
Centre (MIRCEN) that offers training in biological nitrogen fixation and
inoculants
production
.
LARMAT has the
mandate to manage
Kibwezi and Machang'a
field stations, which have great potential for irrigated agriculture,
livestock production and bee keeping. I
n addition
, the department is in charge of
Ngong
Forest F
ield
Station
,
where a tree
seedlings nursery is maintained | en_US |
