Presentations of the first CREATE Workshop at Maseno Botanic Garden, Feb. 19, 2014

 

The Intention of the Maseno / University of Bayreuth CREATE Activity

Dr. Dennis Otieno, Department of Plant Ecology, University of Bayreuth

Dennis.Otieno@uni-bayreuth.de 

 

ICSU/IGBP Program on Ecosystem Change and Society – PECS: An Important Potential for Information Exchange with Respect to the Efforts of CREATE

Prof. John Tenhunen, Dept. of Plant Ecology, University of Bayreuth

John.Tenhunen@uni-bayreuth.de 

 

Achieving Positive Orientation to Environmental Problem Solving in Kenya

Prof. Omondi Ahawo, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,

Maseno University, Kenya

ndagwe@yahoo.com

 

Critical Social Interactions That Promote Preservation of Landscape Function 

Mr. Maurice Wanjela, Kipsaina Crane and Wetlands Conservation Group, Kesogon

maurice_wanjala@yahoo.com 

 

Agricultural Technologies and Their Role in Providing Agro-Ecosystem

Services in Selected Sites of Kenya 

Dr. Immaculate Maina, KARI-NPBRC, Njoro

immaculate.n.maina@gmail.com 

 

Tropical Deforestation and Reforestation Dynamics: Quantifying Gains

and Losses in Ecosystem Services

Dr. Thanh Nguyen and Mr. Cosmas Combat Lambini,

BayCEER, University of Bayreuth

Thanh.Nguyen@uni-bayreuth.de 

 

Patterns of Landuse and Landcover Change in Western Kenya

Mr. Joseph Okotto Okotto, Manager of Planning Research and Special Projects, LBDA

Dr. Mike Norton-Griffiths, Senior Research Fellow, ICRAF        

Mr. Harvey Herr, Spatial Data Analyst, ICRAF

jokotto@hotmail.com

 

Rice promotion in Kenya: Management of water and nitrogen nutrition for productivity 

Prof. J.C. Onyango, Department of Botany, Maseno University, Kenya

jconyango@yahoo.com

 

Cultivation of Bambara groundnuts in Western Kenya as a food and cash crop

Dr. Darius O. Andika, School of Agricultural and Food Sciences,

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology

oandika@yahoo.co.uk

 

Potential of Bamboo for Farming, Environmental Conservation and

Poverty Alleviation in South Nyanza, Kenya

Prof. G.W. Netondo, Department of Botany, Maseno University, Kenya

godfreynetondo@yahoo.co.ke

 

Black Tea Yield and Quality Responses of Clone Bbk 35 Tea to Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Rates and Harvesting Intervals in the Lake Victoria Basin of Kenya

Prof. Philip Okinda Owuor, Department of Chemistry, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya, 

pokindao@gmail.com 

 

Strategic Repositioning of Under-Utilized and Neglected Species (NUS) for Food Security, Nutrition, Health and Economic Development in Kenya

Prof. Mary Abukutsa,  Department of Horticulture,

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya

abukutsa.mary@gmail.com 

 

Standard Assessment of GHG Mitigation Potentials and Livelihoods in Smallholder Systems: the SAMPLES Project

Dr. Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, ILRI Nairobi and KIT Garmisch-Partenkirchen,

Dr. Mariana Rufino, CIFOR, Nairobi, Dr. Todd Rosenstock, ICRAF, Nairobi,

Dr. David Pelster, ILRI, Nairobi

Klaus.Butterbach-Bahl@kit.edu 

 

Phytomedicines:  A Regional Approach to Development of Chemotherapeutic Drugs and Empowerment of Local Communities in The Lake Victoria  Basin of East Africa

Prof. Philip Aduma, School of Public Health and Community Development (ESPUDEC), Maseno University Kenya

ragenaduma@gmail.com

 

Development and Promotion of Monosex (Male) Tilapia Technologies

for Enhanced Farmed Tilapia Production: Contributing to

Food Security and the Conservation of Lake Victoria

Prof. Eliud N. Waindi and Dr. Paul O. Angienda, Department of Zoology, Maseno University, Kenya

 enwaindi@yahoo.com 

 

Climate Data, Crop Models and Farmers: Understanding Climatic Risks before Discussing Climate Change 

Prof. David Stern, Maseno University

 volloholic@hotmail.com  

 

Impacts of Agricultural Expansion on Natural Ecosystems of Lambwe Valley

Dr. George K’ Otuto, School of Agriculture and Food Security, Maseno University

 kotutg@yahoo.com  

 

Impacts of Land Use on Soil Properties of Lambwe Valley

Dr. Sebastian Arnhold, Dept. of Soil Physics, University of Bayreuth

Dr. Dennis Otieno, Dept. of Plant Ecology, University of Bayreuth

Prof. Bernd Huwe, Dept. of Soil Physics, University of Bayreuth

 sebastian.arnhold@uni-bayreuth.de  

 

GIS Application to Relate Movement of Savanna Animals to Forage Production 

Mr. Luke Lukaria, Ruma National Park, Kenya Wildlife Services

 luke.lukaria@gmail.com 

 

                 

Selection of Provenances of High Value Agro-forestry Trees

for Western Kenyan Farmlands

Prof. Barack  O. Owuor, Dept. of Applied Plant Sciences, Maseno University, Kenya.

 bowuor4@yahoo.com

 

A Synthetic Overview of Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, and Dryland Development in Kenya via a Social-Economic-Environmental Framework

Prof. James F. Reynolds

Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, USA

School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, CHINA

james.f.reynolds@duke.edu 

 

  

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