Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya (KARI)

Kenyan research insitute focussing on agricultural and rural development, with special reference to self sufficiency in food production.

KARI was established under the Ministry of Research, Technical Training and Technology has its headquarters in Nairobi and has several National Agricultural Research Centres (NARCs) and Regional Research Centres (RRCs) located in various parts of the country. NARCs address research problems of commodities or factors of production, while the RRCs focus on identification and diagnosis of production problems in various agro-ecological zones and adapt technologies for increased production at the farm level.