The African Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness Management – CESAAM (ACE-II CESAAM) which is part of the World Bank Centre of Excellence – Ace II planned a Summer School from 25th-29th November, 2019 at Egerton University.

The convention sought to bring together graduate students from the Centre and those from its partners to share their experiences and present some of their findings in research that seek to revolutionize agricultural productivity in Africa. The summer school also sought to offer short courses on Implication and Preparation of Policy Briefs and Research Analytics and Data Management.

The one-week event saw the participation of other institutions of higher learning from across Africa including; Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Haramaya University, Makerere University, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology and the hosts Egerton University. During the one week camp, students shared their research work in order to obtain input from academic, industrial mentors among others.

Various topics were discussed including Households and Institutional Frameworks in Agricultural Transformation, Genetics and Sustainable Production Systems, Agricultural Engineering, Food Science and Post-harvest Handling among others.
Egerton University Vice Chancellor Prof. Rose A. Mwonya on the opening ceremony stressed on the need to employ skills of critical thinking, problem solving and analysis in the research process.