Objectives of International Initiatives:

• Share and transfer knowledge, skills and techniques.

• Enhanced research capabilities and creation of new knowledge

• Potential application of research output for the benefit of communities

• Cross-fertilize ideas which can generate new insights to provide better outcomes

• Enhanced intellectual companionship and peer recognition

• Increase the visibility of work including dissemination of information and knowledge through formal and informal networks, publication and route to end use activities

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Promoting and linking University of Minnesota with Kisii University.

Strategic partnerships with organizations and people that share our vision help MKIDA support the communities we serve.

1. Extension services:

   • A USDA funded project, the University of Minnesota in collaboration with Kisii University, 200 rural women have received training on cultivating, planting, caring and harvesting of horticultural products.

   • A leadership training on value chain management and how women can organize themselves into coops for marketing purposes.

2. Faculty exchange and resource support:

   • Faculty from the University of Minnesota visit Kisii University regularly

   • 500 volumes of Law books were shipped to Kisii university law school.

   • Two containers of reading and reference materials shipped to Kisii University.

3. Student exchange:

   • Through MAST program students from Kisii University attend the University of Minnesota for one-year practical training.

   • U of M students travel to Kisii for several weeks on learning and research projects.