KARI Tigoni Research Centre
PO Box 338 Limuru
Tel: (066) 40664/5
Fax : (066) 40998
The Tigoni Research Centre is in Kiambu District, Central Province, at an altitude of 2100 m, latitude of 1o08' S and longitude of 36o40' E. The mean annual rainfall is 800 mm; mean evaporation is 180 mm. The soil types according to FAO/UNESCO classification are Nitisols, and Ustic Palehumults according to USDA classification.
The centre's mandate is to conduct research on potato and flowers, and act as the co-ordinating centre for root and tuber crops research programme. The programmes co-ordinated or conducted by the centre are potato breeding and germplasm evaluation, potato agronomy, integrated pest and disease management of the potato, postharvest handling, seed research and multiplication, and socioeconomics of the potato. On floriculture, research is conducted on the introduction and evaluation of important cut flowers, the production of propagation materials for new flower cultivars, improvement of flower production technology, and postharvest handling studies of cut flowers.
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