{"id":2573,"date":"2022-03-08T17:11:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T17:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fs.kibu.ac.ke\/?p=2573"},"modified":"2022-03-08T17:11:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T17:11:41","slug":"science-research-team-wins-sun-24-mini-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/science-research-team-wins-sun-24-mini-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Research Team Wins \u201cSUN-24\u201d Mini Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2573\" class=\"elementor elementor-2573\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cd35c07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cd35c07\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b47d6ba\" data-id=\"5b47d6ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6144af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6144af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A team of researchers in the Departments of Science, Technology and Engineering (STE) and Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences has won a Research Grant to Assess Small Scale Biochar Field Trials for Soil Amendments and its observed Influence on Maize Production in Varying Soil Types in Bungoma County of Kenya. This funding has been obtained courtesy of SUN-24; a nonprofit making organization that helps developing countries with cook stoves and solar lights and supports them with emerging green technologies. The funding in the tune of half a million Kenya Shillings will support sustainable food security within the framework of sustainable development Goals and will be spearheaded by <a href=\"https:\/\/fs.kibu.ac.ke\/makokha-john-wanjala\/\">Dr. John Makokha<\/a> (Lead Researcher); Mr. Kennedy Munyole and <a href=\"https:\/\/fs.kibu.ac.ke\/collins-otieno-majengo\/\">Mr. Collins Majengo<\/a> among others.<\/p><p>More about Cookstoves Project Overview click here <a href=\"https:\/\/sun24.org\/\">https:\/\/sun24.org\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a753e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a753e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-stone-cooking-larger.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2574\" alt=\"3-stone-cooking-larger\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-stone-cooking-larger.jpg 800w, https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-stone-cooking-larger-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-stone-cooking-larger-768x652.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of researchers in the Departments of Science, Technology and Engineering (STE) and Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences has won a Research Grant to Assess Small Scale Biochar Field Trials for Soil Amendments and its observed Influence on Maize Production in Varying Soil Types in Bungoma County of Kenya. 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