Moringa oleifera: The Miracle tree
Moringa oleifera have the potential to alleviate poverty and deliver the nutrition needed to prevent and cure diseases and save millions of lives of the population of Botswana, Africa and other developing countries.
More studies, however, are needed to assess the potential of M. oleifera in providing food, water purification and increased incomes of resource poor farmers in selected areas of Botswana and Africa.
Moringa oleifera may indeed be the green diamond of Africa and other developing countries.
Read the presentation made by Dr Jean-Baptiste Nduwayezu on Improving Health & poverty reduction through growing Moringa Oleifera Lam. in Botswana
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Water Quality
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The College establish a Herbarium
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The College bid farewell to its longest serving Principal
The College community, Governing council, senior officers in the Ministry of Agriculture, Sebele community and friends of Mr Edward James Kemsley witnessed a moving ceremony when staff bid farewell to its Principal.
Mr Kemsley Joined the then Botswana Agricultural College (BAC) in February 1973 as an Instructor; by then he had a Diploma in Agricultural Engineering from the Natural Resources Development College in Zambia. He went for further studies to persue BSc and MSc in Agric Engineering & Mechanization at Western Illinois University, USA in January 1974 to 1976. He was appointed Assistant Lecturer and Head of Engineering section. He was promoted to the ranks of Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in July 1978 and June 1980 respectively, and appointed Vice-Principal in Nov 1982. In July 1984 he was promoted as the 4th Principal of the College, the position he held until his retirement at the end of March 2008. He witnessed the transformation of the Botswana Agricultural College (BAC) to Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA) in 1991 when Act number 9 of Parliament of Botswana which came into effect on 31 st May 1991formally inaugurated BCA as an associate institution of the University of Botswana and a parastatal under the Ministry of Agriculture.
He witnessed BCA grow from just a small institution offering two certificate programmes to the institution it is today offering Higher Diplomas, degrees and masters programmes.
Mr Kemsley served in various committees including UB Council, RIPCO as Board Member, SADC Advisory Board as member, Country Coordinator for Initiative for Development & Equity in African Agriculture (IDEAA), Southern African Regional Conference for the Conservation & Utilization of Soil (SARCCUS) - Education & Extension Sub-committee Chairperson.
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Events around the College
... senior representatives of Universities and Colleges in Canada visited the College. More
... members of the Lesotho Agricultural College (LAC) visited the College. More
Remote Sensing applications grow astronomically. More
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