Welcome to the Department of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences
Welcome to the Department of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences (AVS). I welcome you on behalf of our ten(10) member team of academic and technical staff including Professor Solomon Shibairo (Horticulturalist); Professor Donald Siamba (Veterinarian); Dr. Kefa Nyende (Animal Scientist); Dr. Jonathan Mutonyi (Agronomist); Esther Machana Magembe (Agricultural Economist); Kombo Barasa (Agricultural educationist); Collins Majengo (Soil Scientist); Patrick Oluko (Soil Scientist/ Biotechnologist); Grace Olwenyo (Biotechnologist); and Cyprian Ontyiayoh (Agriculture, Technician).
Our department hosts three undergraduate programmes namely, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Biotechnology, Agriculture Education and Extension, Agricultural Economics & Resource Management. Several PhD, Masters and Diploma programmes have been proposed and their development is underway.
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Best equipped facilities for teaching and learning
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