The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has partnered Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) to establish a research centre of excellence in the country to promote crop production.
The inaugural KALRO-CIMMYT Crops Research Facility located at the Kiboko Research Station is expected to serve as a Centre of Excellence for Crop Improvement and Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The state of the art research station set to undergo a major facelift and upgrading since it was established some three decades ago is set to improve efficiency in crop breeding programs operations The premises will now be able to reduce intensive manual labour through mechanization of breeding operations, better storage of valuable crop germplasm, and improved amenities to researchers and other staff working at the station, including women and men.
The facility has been supported by the Crops to End Hunger (CtEH) Initiative which is a confluence of multiple international donors including Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , the GIZ, the German agency to a tune of US dollar 2.1 million and will serve breeding programs of multiple crops.
