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UC Davis Chancellor May Leads Delegation to Kenya to Advance California–Kenya Climate and Trade Partnership

Katherine E Kerlin — November 13, 2025 - 1:06pm

UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May led a delegation to Kenya this week to advance a landmark partnership between the State of California and the Government of Kenya focused on climate action, clean transportation, climate smart agriculture, public health and innovation. Chancellor May was joined by Samuel Assefa, director of the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, as well as several �ԹϺ�� representatives. The delegation was jointly organized by UC Davis Global Affairs, Institute of Transportation Studies and the Office of the Special Envoy on Climate of Kenya.

Can Hope Open a Pathway to a Brighter Future?

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — June 13, 2022 - 10:09am

A UC Davis team connects hope to a better future for women in rural Kenya.

UC Davis Launches $1.4 Million Project to Help Kenya’s Rural Poor

Patricia Bailey — February 27, 2017 - 1:49pm

A $1.4 million grant from USAID is targeting poverty in one of the poorest regions of the world. The grant funds a project, recently launched by University of California, Davis, researchers in northern Kenya, that will use a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the impacts of combining programs that offer training, support and aid with affordable insurance to reduce chronic poverty.

Some 1.3 million Kenyans have been experiencing the impact of ongoing drought, the Kenyan government announced last year.