Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

http://www.kalro.org/

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Capacity development
News

CIMMYT launched the consortiumin May 2018, to better engage with a committed set of partners and to achieve enhanced maize yields in Africa.

Nutrition, health and food security
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Experts explained the spread of the pest and presented science-based solutions to fight it.

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The maize lethal necrosis (MLN) artificial inoculation screening site in Naivasha, Kenya will begin its phenotyping (screening/ indexing) cycle of 2018 at the begining of January 2018 and in four other intervals.

Nutrition, health and food security
News

The maize lethal necrosis screening site in Kenya will begin its second screening cycle of 2017 at the end of October.

Nutrition, health and food security
Features

Maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease is putting maize production at risk in eastern Africa, escalating food insecurity in the region.

News

Researchers from across the globe assembled in Nairobi for a 10-day training course on increasing genetic gains in maize by integrating novel technologies in breeding.

Innovations
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The new maize lethal necrosis online portal provides up-to-date information and surveillance tools to help researchers control and stop the spread of the deadly disease.

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Representatives gathered to discuss how maize seed systems in Africa can be strengthened through quality assurance control measures.

Features

Vijay Chaikam works as a scientist and manager at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center doubled haploid facility in Kiboko, Kenya.

Features

Plant pathology expert Monica Mezzalama shares on keeping biosafety and seed health in check at CIMMYT.

Features

Maize lethal necrosis poses a major concern to researchers, seed companies and farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.