The College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences and University of Nairobi at large has taken leadership to in part respond to this challenge; through capacity building for micro-propagation and certification of cassava planting materials to enhance productivity, incomes and food security and nutrition for small holder farmers in Coastal Kenya and Uganda. With funding support from the Mastercard Foundation, RUFORUM and with partnership from Makerere University, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), Extension workers, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions and private sector, the University of Nairobi is implementing a cassava project that seeks to establish a micro-propagation facility and production of clean cassava planting materials, building capacity for maintaining disease free planting material in the field and for processing and preservation of cassava and cassava products and establish an incubation and business hub in Seed Enterprise Management Institute (SEMIs) and TVET outreach centre.
Voices from field documents experiences and lessons from interventions in supporting the transformation of cassava production in Kenya from delivery of clean planting materials to agribusiness development within the university and at community level.
