Horticultural Science and Management

Horticulture is an important sector to Kenyan economy as a leading foreign exchange earner and main source of employment for the populace. Horticulture is both a science and an art of production, utilization, processing, distribution, marketing, conservation and improvement of fruits, vegetables and flowering & ornamental plants, herbs and spices. Fields for attachment/ employment;

• Flower farms
• Vegetable farms
• Fruit farms
• Seed companies
• Agricultural research institutions                                  
• Agricultural training institutions
• Departments of Agriculture, County Crops Offices
• Agrochemical sectors (pesticides, fertilizers)
• Organic agriculture bodies