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Welcome to the
Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Studies (FAES). The Faculty has four departments
namely; Department of Environmental Science and Resources Development; the
Department of Animal Science; the Department of Plant Science, and the
Department of AGEC/AGBM & AGED. To ensure high quality training, education
and research our Faculty is equipped with 80 staff comprising of 65 academic
staff and 15 support staff. The Faculty has a strong academic staff with 23
members holding Ph.D from leading universities in the world and thus has
capacity to develop the creative and entrepreneurial mindset needed by our
students to innovate, master and lead in their disciplines at national,
regional and global level. The mission of the Faculty is to improve food
security and livelihoods in the community through use of sustainable good
agricultural practices (GAPs), efficient resource utilization, and environment
protection. The Faculty aims to achieve this mission by producing graduates
with skills and competence through collaborative research and outreach
activities with various stakeholders. The Faculty recognizes the fact that
farming and resources utilization are based on science, technology and
innovations (STIs) that rely heavily on the environment. FAES therefore offers
courses relevant to the changing environmental needs. The Faculty aims to
unlock the potential within our staff, students and communities through
teaching, training and research by formation of strategic partnerships with
stakeholders in agriculture, environment, food value-addtion, and hospitality
industry both nationally and internationally. We recognize that private and
public partnerships present diverse opportunities to expose our students using stimulating
curriculum to quality teaching, training, research and community engagement for
national and global development. Through research, technology and innovations (RTIs)
the faculty members contribute to solution of national and global challenges
facing agriculture, health and environment especially that of sustainably feeding
the growing population that is estimated to reach about 9.7 billion by 2050.
Teaching in the Faculty
We provide a
unique undergraduate and postgraduate educational experience with a focus on training,
research, and outreach in areas of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Sciences, Wildlife,
Environment and Natural Resources Management, Agribusiness Management, Tourism
and Hospitality, Agricultural Education and Extension, Food Science and Technology.
The Faculty strive to work with other stakeholders to build communities that
maintains harmony with nature for sustainable natural resource utilization. Students
are our “number-one priority” to promote academic excellence and professional
development, and the Faculty members play a major mentorship role to help our
students pursue their goals and dreams during their training. The Faculty
members both academic and support endeavor to create an enabling teaching
environment where students are encouraged to put more effort in their
educational and social life to become responsible citizens with capacity of
pursuing latest training and research to positively contribute to growth of
humanity. The Faculty present students with opportunities to see why our
university motto is “Knowledge is Wealth” as new knowledge is constantly developed
through research and innovations in support of our efforts to solve the
challenges of the changing world. Our students learn while working side-by-side
with program mentors who constantly provide career guidance needed for timely
and successful completion of studies. The Faculty is capable of providing a
sound practical training through various facilities where students can learn
through hands-on experiences and research laboratories with high precision
equipment.
The Faculty has modern
demonstration units, at the main campus and is setting up additional
demonstrations on a 500 acre farm at Kairini, to equip the students with
appropriate practical skills in order to be competitive in the market. Apart
from teaching purposes these farms generate income to the University. Students
also get more exposure through field trips and field attachment. Agriculture,
environment and hospitality industries have diverse opportunities and
challenges that demand generation of innovators equipped with cutting-edge
skills and competencies. The uniqueness of our graduates is that they have
capacity to fit in diverse areas of employment because of the
multi-disciplinary nature of our academic programs. Above the subject matter
our graduates receives a balanced training in communication skills, information
technology, formal advisory and counselling programs to facilitate critical
thinking and problem solving, team work and leadership skills, integrity and
ethnic harmony that enables them fit into the modern society and find no
difficulty in finding employment in the job market. Following the hands-on
approach to teaching and learning employers in both public and private sector want
our graduates which have made them gain positions in different sectors and become
influential leaders in various communities in the country and beyond. In
addition to providing knowledge and skills to the students to be competent,
they are also equipped with entrepreneurial skills for self-employment.
Research and Outreach Programmes
Research in the Faculty targets the
areas of livestock production, crop production, hospitality and environmental
resources management. Key areas that must be addressed are climate change,
pollution mitigation, food safety, human-wildlife conflict and alternative
tourism development. The Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Studies is
actively involved in outreach programs to the community in the following areas:
To improve on its extension services
the Faculty envisages the provision of the following in the future:
In conclusion, we invite any person interested in
finding information about the Faculty to keep visiting the Chuka University
website or physically visit the Faculty Office at Business School Complex and
we will readily respond to your queries. Again, Welcome to the Faculty of
Agriculture and Environmental Studies.