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Mount Kenya University — Farm Animal Welfare Science Masters Program

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  • Focus Area: Farm Animal Welfare
  • Category: Global Health & Wellbeing
  • Organization Name: Mount Kenya University
  • Amount: $167,766

  • Award Date: January 2021

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    Grant Investigator: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford

    This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Mount Kenya University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.

    Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $167,766 over two years to Mount Kenya University to support the implementation of a masters degree program in farm animal welfare science, led by Professor Maina Ngotho. Our farm animal welfare team believes that the program will help develop farm animal welfare expertise and capacity in Kenya and across Africa. This funding is intended to cover costs related to course resources and student research projects.

    This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare.

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