📖If you love mangoes 🥭 then you've probably noticed that "mango season" is not consistent anymore. In this article by the JKUAT research team, as part of their Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture East Africa Regional Hub-managed project, they explore why & what it could mean: iced-eval.org/news/mango-har…

dryGrow Foundation José Dubeux Willis Owino Kenneth Oduor Great work everyone!

Starting Now! ICRISAT, as part of the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies for Food, Land, and Water Systems Transformation (NPS), is organizing: Workshop on Harnessing the Policy Environment to Promote the Utilization of High-Value Traditional Crops in Kenya

We developed a cactus-based pellet using the invasive cactus species in Kenya in collaboration between University of Florida and JKUAT! The results of our feeding trial with goats are amazing! This will be a game changer for the local community!

Together with Dr. Ezura from JIRCAS,Tsukuba, we were privileged to be hosted by Dr. Rugalema, Associate DG World Veg, Africa. We discussed multi-omics-based approaches to enhance key specific traits of selected AIVs Gabriel Rugalema World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) 国際農研 Winnie Nyonje

Glad to see our work on cactus in Laikipia covered at NTV Kenya. We aim to contribute to the sustainable management of the invasive cactus species in the region by finding its alternative uses to benefit the community. José Dubeux Willis Owino youtu.be/70mExfaefxo?si…

Great team effort! Go Gators! nation.africa/kenya/health/s…

Scientists turn Laikipia's invasive cactus into superfood for livestock nation.africa/kenya/health/s…

Faida ya dungusi kakati: Ni mmea ambao umeanza kufaidi wakaazi Laikipia Utafiti wafanywa kutumia magugu kwa lishe ya mifugo Utafiti wafanywa kwa ushirikiano wa vyuo vya ufundi #SemaNaCitizen swaleh mdoe

It has been a great week to see our work shared on different media Platforms Prof. Willis Owino, Prof. José Dubeux

A warm welcome at Research and Graduate Pro-Rectorate of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE). We shared areas of synergy between JKUAT and UFRPE that can leverage our collective strengths, to build collaborative initiatives. Discover JKUAT UFRPE José Dubeux

It is a great pleasure to host Prof. Willis Owino at the University of Florida. Prof. Owino is our collaborator in Kenya where we have developed research projects on cactus! Welcome to the Gator Nation, Prof. Owino 🐊 UF IFAS Solutions Agronomy at UF UF IFAS NFREC

Wrapping up our visit to UF campus today we met Drs. Lynn Sollenberger, Jay Ferrell (Agronomy Chair), and Chang Zhao, besides meeting with Drs. Juan and Janette Andrade from Food Science and Human Nutrition! Thanks everyone for the warm welcome to Prof. Owino. ⁦UF IFAS Solutions⁩

Five JKUAT scholars, Dr. Eunice Njeri, Dr. Paul Kinoti Ng’ang’a, Dr.-Ing. Wamai Mwangi, Prof. Willis Owino and Dr. John Kagira, have been honored with the Vice Chancellor’s Research Merit Award. The recognition, rolled out for the first time in the history of JKUAT, is one of the

ICRISAT at #CGIARScienceWeek – Day 4! Our side event, Fostering South-South Learning for Building Resilience and Income Opportunities in Smallholder Systems: Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Agri-Food Value Chains, offered a dynamic platform for exchange and collaboration

Honored to host Prof. A. Adesogan (UF Global Food SI) in Laikipia- Showcased impacts of UF/IFAS-JKUAT Cactus Project on local households, thanks to Prof. Dubeux & K. Oduor. Exciting discussions on future Sustainable Food collaborations José Dubeux Kenneth Oduor

Congratulations to Kenneth Oduor for successfully defending his PhD today! He demonstrated the possibility to use an invasive cactus to generate biogas, produce animal feed, and to conserve natural resources and sequester carbon! Great job, Dr. Oduor! UF IFAS Solutions The Global Food Systems Institute at UF IFAS

I am thrilled to escort Drs. Luana Queiroz and Kenneth Oduor in their PhD commencement! They have a bright future ahead! Go Gators 🐊 🐊 🐊 ⁦UF IFAS Solutions⁩ ⁦Agronomy at UF⁩ ⁦UF IFAS NFREC⁩

It was an honor & privilege to be invited speaker at JSOL2025  in Utsunomiya City.  Grateful for opportunity  to share insights on 'African' Solanaceae vegetables. Great to reconnect with familiar colleagues and forge valuable new professional networks. A truly inspiring event.

For years, pastoralists in Laikipia watched helplessly as cactus spread across rangelands, contributing to a complex socio-ecological crisis marked by livestock injuries and deaths, food insecurity, banditry, human-wildlife conflict, and deepening vulnerability during recurring