The Institute focuses on the development and dissemination of appropriate sustainable innovations and cost-effective technologies to enhance productivity, food security, and improved livelihoods. The Institute is located in Naivasha, Nakuru County about 100 km along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. It has centres in Naivasha, Ol Joro Orok and Msabaha The Institute’s mandate is to conduct basic, applied and adaptive dairy research for enhanced productivity, competitiveness and improved livelihoods in the country and the region. The institute has the following broad objectives:

a) To generate and promote technologies and innovations for demand-driven dairy product value chains.
b) To develop and promote markets and marketing strategies for dairy product value chains.
c) To facilitate and advocate policy options for enhancing demand-driven dairy product value-chains.
d) To strengthen the capacity for implementing dairy product value chains research.
e) To enhance the availability of knowledge, information, and technologies on dairy product value chains research.

Contacts

Institute Director,
Dairy Research Institute,
P.O. BOX 25-20117 Naivasha
Tel: + 020 2390930,
Email: director.dri@kalro.org, Website: www.kalro.org