STAFF
IRS: 14, NRS:11
STATION
IITA-Kenya (Nairobi)
CROPS
Banana and Plantain, Yam, Cassava (manioc), Soybean and Cowpea
PROJECTS
- Aflasafe Technical Transfer and Commercialization (ATTC)
- Advancing Productive Engagement in Agribusiness through the IITA Youth Agripreneur Approach to scale for rural youth in Nigeria, Kenya and DR Congo (YADI 2)
- Putting Nitrogen Fixation to Work for Smallholder Farmers in Africa (N2Africa) Phase II
- LegumeCHOICE
- Virus Resistant Bananas for Africa
IITA team lead the region’s molecular and biotechnology research and efforts to control mycotoxins—poisons produced by some fungi—in food and feed. In addition, IITA oversees the research on Sustainable Natural Resource Management. The teams in Kenya is housed in International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE). In ILRI the team conducts transformational research at Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa hub (BeCA).
Quick Facts
Capital: Nairobi
Currency: Kenya shilling
Area (total): 582,646 km2
Population: 49,699,862 (UN July 2017 estimates)
Contact us
Leena Tripathi
Country Representative
+254 20 4223000
Linda Barasa
Station Administrator
+254-713-654000, +254-020-8654000
ILRI, Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya