BREEDTECH initiative (Building Capacity in Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Education and Research through Partnership Program in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe for Agricultural Transformation) is a European Union-funded project involving academic and research institutions from Kenya, Ethiopia, Palestine, Italy, Sweden, and Serbia.
The BREEDTECH project proudly sponsored 17 postgraduate students—both Kenyan and international—to present their research at the Laikipia University Biennial Conference held from May 28th to 30th, 2025.
Egerton University is partnering with the National Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK) and the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) in a bid to ensure sustainable potato production in the country.
Dr. Tabitha. Amollo, a lecturer in the Department of Physics at Egerton University together with Prof. Qi Hua Fan, of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU), as project leads, are among the 2024 Partnerships for Innovative Research in Africa (PIRA) award winners.
