KALRO Mwea Trains Farmers On Quality Rice Seed Production
KALRO GMO update by Dr. Eliud Kireger, Director General KALRO
Novel Technology to Reduce the Complexity of Maize Seed Production and increase Maize Hybrid Yields in Farmer’s Fields
Collaborative field evaluations reveal promising results for SSA’s low input maize farming systems and commercial seed production A recently published study in Nature Communications Biology journal (https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03680-7) demonstrates the potential of a novel seed production technology to transform Africa’s seed production system, conferring significant benefits to smallholder maize farmers and seed companies in Africa. The …
KALRO Upscales Maize Value Chain in Uasin Gishu and Tana River Counties
In a recent workshop, 40 trainees who included lead farmers, extension officers, and other maize value chain actors from Tana River and Uasin Gishu Counties received mentorship and training from KALRO scientists on the maize value chain. The training covered 14 “all-around” modules on maize production, climate change, and climate-smart agriculture, pests and diseases, processing, …
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Aflasafe Strategy Workshop
KALRO in partnership with IITA hosted a stakeholder workshop for validation of a strategy whose main objective is to provide a roadmap towards enhancing production, promotion, marketing, distribution and use of Aflasafe KE01 in the management of aflatoxins for food and feed safety in Kenya. This is to be achieved through increased creation of awareness …