Field Station

The team members includes;Prof. Rose Nyikal (Acting Principal, CAVS), Prof. Daniel Gakuya (Department of Clinical Studies), PaulineNdwiga, and Kennedy Kioko (Field Station). The aim of the project is to share the heritage of GregorJohann Mendel’s (the father of Genetics) with the whole world and to make academic partners happy.

The supreme champion Cock in the just completed Nairobi International Trade Fair 2019 was from the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences. The improved indigenous cock  from Field Station farm is fed with feeds formulated within the College, ensuring high quality bird, well fed and effective in breeding for better productivity. This contributes to quality breeds for small scale farmers in support to food and nutritional security in the Country.