Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

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The Veterinary Science Research Institute VSRI has the honor to be listed as an AMR Surveillance and diagnostic site under the Fleming Fund phase 2 country grants for Kenya. This means that the institute joins other partners in combating AMR through generation and sharing of data at both national and international scale. The project will support infrastructural and human capacity building to ensure efficiency in AMR research and reporting in Poultry or dairy value chains. To jump start the process a team from the DVS and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) visited the institute to conduct a needs assessment. The partnerships will generate the required impetus and momentum in mitigating the impacts of AMR on Public and environmental health.

Following the appointment of Research Extension Liaison Officers (RELO's) who will be working with the county extension officers to implement the NAVCDP project. The KALRO NAVCDP Coordination Office conducted an induction workshop to train the RELO's on the key areas of intervention in the respective counties. • 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝐸𝐿𝑂'𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝐾𝐴𝐿𝑅𝑂, 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 (𝐶𝑃𝑈), 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑚, 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠. • 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑔𝑎𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝐾𝐴𝐿𝑅𝑂 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ. • 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐾𝐴𝐿𝑅𝑂 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠, 𝐶𝑃𝑈 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑇𝐼𝑀𝑃𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠. • 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦.

KALRO highly values collaboration and partnerships in advancing sustainable agriculture aimed at improving food security and nutrition both in Kenya and globally. To strengthen these vital connections, KALRO Director General, hosted a delegation from Eritrea's National Agriculture Research Institute (NARI), led by Director General Tsegay Berhane. During their visit, the delegation met with KALRO’s Director General, Dr. Eliud Kireger and other departmental Directors, to explore opportunities for collaboration. Their discussions centered on advancing dryland agriculture, facilitating the exchange of agricultural materials, enhancing capacity building, and improving technology access to strengthen NARI-Eritrea research programs.

Today, KALRO Board Chairman Hon. Peter Weru and Director General Dr. Eliud Kireger hosted Governor Muranga County H.E Dr. Irungu Kangata, alongside CEC Agriculture Paul Mugo and other county officials at KALRO Headquarters. During the productive session, Governor Kangata outlined strategic agriculture initiatives for which his administration seeks KALRO's collaboration. Key priorities include enhancing the distribution of certified seeds (Maize, Sorghum) and conducting widespread soil sampling across the county to benefit local farmers.These plans are set to commence upon completion of formal procedural requirements.

KALRO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences & China National Rice Research Institute.The MoU's establishes a framework for collaboration between the institutions, focusing on science & technology collaboration in agriculture Key areas of collaboration include: 𝟏. 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬: Focusing on the crop genetic improvement, cultivation, and other aspects, for crops including but not limited to rice, maize, sweet potatoes and tea. 𝟐. 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐲-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠: Breeding and management of livestock such as goats, sheep, poultry (free range indigenous chicken), and other livestock; Process animal products such as dairy and meat products to enhance quality and marketability. 𝟑. 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬:To develop and implement technologies such as irrigation systems, mechanization, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and other techniques to address the impacts of climate change on agriculture. The MoU's were signed by the Director General KALRO Dr Eliud Kireger, Vice President - CAAS Dr Prof Peisong Hu and Dr Sun Tan.

This morning the new Argentina Ambassador to Kenya H.E Luis Alejandro Levit paid a courtesy call to DG KALRO Dr Eliud Kireger to familiarize with KALRO activities and to explore areas of agricultural research collaboration.

KALRO HRI Kandara hosted the Syscom Kenya project stakeholders meeting . The workshop was meant to disseminate research findings on organic and conventional farming systems which have been researched in the last 17years. The project involved different stakeholders partners including KALRO, ICIPE - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL In his speech the Director General Dr. Eliud Kireger represented by Dr. David Kamau noted that since 2007, the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), together with International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology ( ICIPE) and other partners, KOAN, TSBF-CIAT and Kenyatta University under the leadership of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FIBL) in Switzerland have been jointly implementing Syscom project which has been comparing the performance of conventional and organic farming using local farming systems. Through participatory approach 1049 farmers have been trained. Following these trainings, farmers adopting the technologies and /or using the information shared, report higher productivity from crops and /or Livestock, better incomes and profits and greater resilience to climate shocks, especially during drought episodes.

Today a delegation from Italy met with a team from KALRO and the Ministry of Agriculture at the Dairy Research Institute (DRI) to discuss a possible partnership on Kenya-Italy agricultural mechanization. Led by Dr. Samuel Mbuku, Institute Director DRI, representing the Director General KALRO and Dr. Patrick Ketiem, Institute Director KALRO Agricultural Mechanization Research Institute (AMRI) the team discussed ways in which both Kenya and Italy can benefit from the partnership through agriculture and its mechanization.

We are delighted to invite you to the inaugural CGIAR Science Week, co-organized by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and held under the auspices of the Government of the Republic of Kenya. This significant event will take place from 1 - 5 July 2024 at the UN Campus in Nairobi, Kenya. It will gather scientists, policymakers, advocates, and leaders from CGIAR Centers and partner organizations worldwide. For in person attendance, please register here get your UN visitor pass: https://lnkd.in/dmAB5a4R After registration, you will receive an email confirmation from (Sajili info@sajili.io). Please mark this email clearly because it is what you will show at the UN entrance to collect your badge. For online participation, please sign up here: https://lnkd.in/dJaF2bdv