Country Profile - Kenya

 

 

 

 

Researchers

Category

Supervising agency

Executing agency

Research focus

Head count

FTEs

Year

Government

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD)

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)

Crops, livestock

469

469.0

2000

 

 

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KEMFRI)

Fisheries, post-harvest

81

81.0

2000

 

 

Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute (KETRI)

Trypanosomiasis

na

na

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)

Forestry

92

92.0

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ministry of Trade and Industry

Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI)

Post-harvest, cassava, inland fisheries

52

5.2

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-profit

Coffee Board

Coffee Research Foundation (CRF)

Coffee

34

27.0

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tea Board

Tea Research Foundation (TRF)

Tea

10

10.0

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higher Education

Egerton University

Faculty of Agriculture

Crops, livestock, fisheries, natural resources, post-harvest

146

26.3

2000

 

 

Faculty of Science: Departments of Botany and Zoology

Botany, zoology

na

na

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)

Crops, livestock, natural resources

43

12.9

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moi University

Faculty of Forest Resources and Wildlife Management

Forestry, fisheries, natural resources, socio-economics

43

4.3

2000

 

 

Faculty of Agriculture

Crops, forestry,  soils, engineering, socio-economics

na

5.1a

2000

 

 

Faculty of Science: Department of Botany

Botany

21

2.1

2000

 

 

Faculty of Science: Department of Zoology

Zoology

17

1.7

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenyatta University

Faculty of Environmental Studies: Department of Environmental Planning and Management

Pastures & forages, natural resources, socio-economics

8

2.4

2000

 

 

Faculty of Science: Department of Botany

Botany

na

na

2000

 

 

Faculty of Science: Department of Zoology

Zoology

na

na

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maseno University 

Department of Agriculture

Crops

12

1.2

2000

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

University of Eastern Africa, Baraton

School of Science and Technology: Department of Agriculture

Crops, natural resources

6.5

1.6

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Nairobi

Faculty of Agriculture

Crops, livestock, natural resources

138

41.4

2000

 

 

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Livestock, fisheries

137

27.4

2000

 

 

Faculty of Science: Department of Botany

Botany

na

na

2000

 

 

Faculty of Science: Department of Zoology

Zoology

19

1.9

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private enterprises

Del Monte Kenya Limited

Pineapple

4

4.0

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenya Seed Company

 

na

na

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oserian Development Company Limited

 

7

7.0

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASTI country brief on Kenya, 2003 (PDF 188K)