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Sajorec Botanical Garden

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Sajorec botanical garden

In this post we will look at

1.)About Sajorec botanical garden

2.)List of Sajorec Botanical Garden Facilities

3.)JKUAT sajorec Botanical Garden main purpose

4.)List of Sajorec botanical garden Laboratories

5.)Entrance Fee to Sajorec botanical garden

7.)Detour around Sajorec botanical garden


sajorec botanical garden

Image of Sajorec Botanical garden outdoor area

SAJOREC botanical garden is located inside JKUAT main campus in Juja city ,Kiambu county. SAJOREC occupies a 40 acre space which is home to variety of trees and birds. Sajorec botanical garden was established in 2013. In the early 2011 .



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JKUAT and Wuhan Botanical Garden ,Chinese Academy of Sciences (WBG,CAS) signed a memorundum of association on biodiversity conservation and research .Thereafter a proposal was developed for establishment of JKUAT botanical Garden and Joint Sino -African Research Center inside JKUAT main campus



Sajorec botanical garden in Juja

Image of a Gazebo inside SAJOREC


Sajorec botanical garden in  Jkuat

SAJOREC stands for Sino-Africa Joint Research Center .Sino is the Latin name for China. SAJOREC has been equipped with modern research equipment's by Chinese Academy of Sciences (SAJOREC-CAS) .


SAJOREC botanical garden shade

Image of Sajorec botanical garden gazebo

JKUAT is responsible for day to day management while SAJOREC-CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) plays a key technical and advisory role in the running of SAJOREC


Lily lake at SAJOREC botanical garden

Image of Lily lake with white ducks

Therefore SAJOREC is part of Sino Africa .Sino meaning china, thus chinese-africa is African-Chinese relationships which are , economic, military, social, and cultural connection between mainland China and the African continent.



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A concrete bridge at Sajorec Jkuat Lily Lake



SAJOREC serves as the platform and bridge of scientific cooperation between the Chinese and the African scientists in a wide range of fields by doing the following

  • SAJOREC is a hub of Sino-Africa collaboration on biodiversity-related research

  • It also focuses on areas such as wildlife protection

  • Prevention and treatment of desertification

  • Climate change monitoring

  • Modern agriculture demonstration.


SAJOREC  garden in jkuat

A board directing to Sajorec botanical garden just after Jkuat gate E



Therefore Sajorec primary initiative is to foster collaborative research and promote conservation of biodiversity through learning,training and research by creating:

  • African indigenous plants garden comprising germplasm native to the african continent categorized into different ecological zones

  • Medicinal plants garden comprising of plants used for herbal medicine

  • Rare and unique plant garden

  • Orchard of cultivated and wild edible fruit trees

  • Bamboo Garden

  • Aquatic plants garden with water lilies ,Lotus ponds and submerged plant observation areas

  • Asian and exotic plants garden comprising flora from other continents


  1. Plant Biosystematics and Conservation

  2. Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory

  3. Water Resources Management

  4. Virus Detection and Diagnostic Laboratory

  5. Nanotechnology and Bioinformatics Laboratory

  6. Natural Products Development Laboratory

  7. 7.0Animal Physiology Laboratory



If you are a Jkuat student and have a school Identification you will be required to pay 50 Kenya shillings through M-pesa..No cash. Entrance Fee for visitors visiting Sajorec Botanical Garden is 200Ksh for Adults and 100 Ksh for Kids.

List of Sajorec Entrance Fee

Jkuat Students
Adults

200Ksh

Children

100Ksh

Professional Photography

500Ksh

However the visitor will have to enter Jkuat Main gate where they will be required to present an Identification card and leave it at the gate then proceed towards Sajorec .The Main advantages of Sajorec is that it is a recreational center in Kalimoni that is wheelchair accessible and opens at 9:00am from Monday to Saturday



Sajorec Botanical Garden in Jkuat Juja

Image of Sajorec botanical garden in Kalimoni

  1. Biodiversity investigation,

  2. Pathogenic microorganism detection,

  3. Geographic science and remote sensing,

  4. High-yield and high-quality crop cultivation demonstration,

  5. Land and water resources management




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Lily Lake at Sajorec botanical garden



List of SAJOREC doctors, professors and scientists



Image of a gazebo at SAJOREC botanical garden in Jkuat Juja

Image of Sajorec Botanical garden gazebo

Best view of the Gazebo at SAJOREC that really help chill during a hot and sunny day


0722179739 Samuel for more information

Sajorec garden

Now leaving SAJORE headed towards Jkuat GOK labs


There was an emblem written in quotes This tree was planted by proffesor Wangen'ge


Vice president of the chinese Academy of sciences on the 5th of August 2016

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