Newsletter of the Kenya Society of Environmental, Biological, and Agricultural Engineers With our global population exponentially increasing, so does the demand for food, especially for high-quality protein sources.Aquaculture, the farming of aquatic organisms, has materialized as a major solution to this challenge. Aquacultural engineering plays a crucial role in the development and sustainability of this …
Water distribution may be described as consisting of three basic components: the source of supply, the processing or treatment of the water, and the distribution of water to the users. Water from the source is conveyed to the treatment plant by conduits or aqueducts, either by pressure or open-channel flow. Following treatment, the water enters …
First year undergraduate students in agricultural engineering are normally introduced into the discipline through a core unit which deals with fundamental concepts in agriculture and agro-meteorology. One important concept that they have to understand before proceeding to higher levels is about how much water plants need to survive in varying climatic and soilconditions. Accordingly, two …
Understanding Evapotranspiration is Key to Lessening the Climate Change Angsts Read More »
Israel is one of the world’s top dairy producers with the aid of effective breeding policies and technology. Israel is the global leader in milk production globally, ranking with the highest milk production per cow. In 2021, Israel recorded 12,000 kg of average milk production per cow. Israel’s dairy industry is considered one of the …
Engineering Milk Production and Processing Systems Read More »
The Limuru and Kikuyu sub-counties in Kenya now house 642 basins newly constructed in this East African country by the National Irrigation Authority (NIA). The basins will encourage the construction of additional irrigation systems that will allow farmers to produce more food crops. According to NIA Director Loice Kahiga, the basins will produce more than …
KENYA: 642 basins installed to improve irrigation in rural areas Read More »
By Matt McGrath The Renewables 2022 Global Status Report says the share of wind and solar in the global energy mix has risen minimally in the last decade. While renewables boomed in the electricity sector last year, they didn’t meet the overall rise in demand. In transport, which accounts for a third of energy, renewables provided less …
Climate change: Green energy ‘stagnates’ as fossil fuels dominate Read More »
Why do we need to grow more food? Food production around the world must rise by half in the next 30 years to sustain a global population expected to top 10 billion by 2050. Compared with 2010, an extra 7,400tn calories will be needed a year in 2050. If food production increases along current lines, …
Can we ditch intensive farming – and still feed the world? Read More »
The Journal The Journal of Engineering in Agriculture and the Environment,JEAE, is published by the Kenya Society of Environmental, Biological and Agricultural Engineers,KeSEBAE, as an international forum for the publication of basic and applied research in engineering for the environment, agriculture and biology-based production and processing industries
