KARI Kitale Centre conducts adaptive, strategic and applied research using Farming systems Approach to Research, Extension and Training (FSA-RET) focusing on research on priority enterprises in the region.  Key features of FSA-RET include:-
•    Inter-institutional
•    Inter-disciplinary
•    Systems perspective
•    Poverty focused
•    Wealth creation focused
•    Client oriented
•    Socially and environmentally sensitive

KARI Kitale has the following research programmes:  
National (technology development)
•    Maize improvement
•    Pasture/fodder improvement
Regional (Technology adoption for North Rift in the 14 districts)
•    Livestock Management
•    Horticulture
•    Crop management
•    Natural resource management
•    Socio economics
•    Technology transfer
•    Laboratory services

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