Contribution of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology to capacity building of agricultural researchers

Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

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Abstract: The objective of the programme was to build the capacity of young agricultural researchers in their early research careers by involving them in research projects supervised by senior scientists. So far, MMUST has trained seven researchers and implemented four research projects. In addition to building the capacity of agricultural researchers, the programme also served to solve farmers problems and generate knowledge for agricultural development. This paper highlights the experiences of this programme at MMUST and the results of the research projects in which the trainees were involved.