Kari Molo has a national mandate on pyrethrum in all growing areas which cover all provinces except Nairobi and North Eastern. The main thrust of the centre research activities addresses the following areas:

1. Carry out Strategic Research  and Development  on all aspects of pyrethrum crop including
•Plant breeding, Agronomy , Plant protection
•Social economics, gender issues
•Biotechnology
•Maintain pyrethrum germplasm

2. Carry out adaptive research on pyrethrum crop in collaboration with other KARI centres and stakeholders
3. Propagate temperate fruits (Apples, Plums, Pears and Peaches)
4. Carry out Research  and Development  on Botanical and Aromatic plants

Mandate Areas
Pyrethrum growing areas

Research mandate
Develop demand-driven technologies on pyrethrum crop suitable for application in the mandate regions through applied and adaptive research.