VSRI

Centre Location : Muguga

The Veterinary Research Institute is one of the Institutes under the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) established under the KALRO Act of 2013. Research on animal diseases in East Africa was first initiated in 1938 when a Central Veterinary Research Institute was established at Kabete. In 1949, it was decided that all the research aspects dealing with the greater East Africa be moved to a new site at Muguga whose construction was completed in 1954. It was then known as the East African Research Organization (EAVRO) under the auspices of the East African Common Services Organization (EACSO) which later became the East African Community (EAC). With the collapse of the EAC in 1977, the Centre was absorbed into the Ministry of Agriculture and renamed the Veterinary Research Department (VRD) and in 1986 it was brought under KARI as the National Veterinary Research Centre (NVRC).

Location
The Institute is about 30 km North of Nairobi off the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway at Muguga in Kikuyu Division of Kikuyu District in Kiambu County. It is at an altitude of 1675 m, latitude 1⁰ 13' S, and longitude 36⁰ 38'  E. The mean annual rainfall is 1200 m and the mean annual evaporation is 1716 mm.

Biori Muguga

Centre Location : Muguga

Biotechnology Research Institute

The Biotechnology Research Institute (BRI) in one of the institutes established under the KALRO Act 2013 to undertake research that would generate and promote agricultural biotechnology knowledge, information and technologies that respond to clients' demands and opportunities. Kenya is an agro based country; therefore BRI will work with county governments and other stakeholders, to sustainably exploit the country resources to make new products or provide new methods of production using modern biotechnology. This is in line with the National Biotechnology Development Policy (2006) that recognized that biotechnology requires a close working relationship with multiple stakeholders.

Location

The Biotechnology Research Institute is situated at the Muguga KALRO Campus (formerly KARI-TRC; KETRI) in Kiambu County. It integrates all research activities of the the former TRC, Muguga and the Biotechnology Research Centre, Kabete along Waiyaki Highway. The headquarters in Muguga is approximately 40 km from Nairobi, off Nakuru-Nairobi Highway in an environment that is conducive for research and training.

TRI, Kericho

Centre Location : Kericho

The Tea Research Institute (TRI) was established in July 2013 following the operationalization of KALR Act of 2013 that formed the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), a premier national research organization, which brought together the former Tea Research Foundation of Kenya (TRFK), Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Kenya Sugar Research Foundation (KESREF) and Coffee Research Foundation (CRF). Tea Research Institute (TRI) is one of the sixteen research institutes created under KALRO but its mandate "to promote research and investigate problems related to tea and such other crops and systems of husbandry as are associated with tea throughout Kenya including the productivity (yield), quality and suitability of land in relation to tea planting; and matters ancillary thereto" remaining the same. It is worth noting that The Tea Research Foundation of Kenya (TRFK) had been established in 1980 to replace the former Tea Research Institute of East Africa (TRIEA) following the breakup of the East African Community.

CRI, Ruiru

Centre Location : Ruiru

About the Institute

Coffee research in Kenya commenced in 1908. In 1944, the colonial government acquired Jacaranda farm at Ruiru and established the Coffee Research Station.  Laboratories were constructed and completed in 1949 funded by the Government. The Coffee Research Foundation (CRF) was established in 1964 under the Company's Act (Cap 486). 

On 1st July 2014, four (4) State Corporations namely; Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Tea Research Foundation (TRF), Coffee Research Foundation (CRF) and Kenya Sugar Research Foundation (KESREF) were effectively dissolved and merged to form Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO). CRF was consequently transformed into Coffee Research Institute (CRI) as one of the institutes under KALRO.

Location
The Institute has its headquarters at Ruiru in Kiambu County.