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Item Enhancing Sorghum Production and Marketing in Semi-Arid Kenya(Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, 2014) Karanja, D.R.; Kisilu, R.K.; Kathuli, P.; Mutisya, D.L.; Njaimwe, A.N.; Keya, G.; Ouda, J.; Ayemba, J.; Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research OrganizationSorghum is an important food security crop especially in semi-arid lands of Kenya. It is adapted in a wide ago-ecological zones. Sorghum requires less water than maize thus offering great potential for supplementing food and feed resources. Although sorghum varieties with a yield potential of 2 to 5t/ha are available, their productivity has remained low, at 0.7t/ ha. The major constraints to sorghum production are: inadequate soil moisture, low soil fertility, bird damage, pests and diseases, high cost of inputs, low adoption of improved varieties, weeds, lack of markets and limited utilization options. Farmers consider lack of markets, low producer prices and bird damage as the main constraints to increased sorghum production. Most sorghum is grown at altitudes of less than 1500 m above sea level. However there are varieties suitable for up to 2400 m a.s.l. It requires a rainfall of 250-400 mm during the growing season. Most dry land sorghum cultivars are those that thrive best in areas with a small range of diurnal temperatures i.e. the day and night temperatures do not differ greatly. Sorghum does best in wide range of soils including sandy, clay and loamy ones. It thrives well on fertile soils but will grow on somewhat exhausted soils.Item Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization Annual Report 2014 - 2015(Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, 2016) Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization; Esilaba, A.; Kimani, S.; Ouda, J.; Njanja, J.; Makhoha, S.; Maritim, F.; Kirigua, V.; Maina, P.; Mukundi, K.; Muinda, R.; Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research OrganizationThe Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) was formed in 2013 by the Kenya Government through the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research (KALR) Act of 2013. In creating KALRO, the Government restructured agriculture and livestock research by merging the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Tea Research Foundation of Kenya (TRFK), Kenya Sugar Research Foundation (KESREF) and Coffee Research Foundation (CRF), into a dynamic, innovative, responsive and well-coordinated system driven by a common vision and mission that contributes effectively to national development, in line with the second Medium Term Plan of Kenya Vision 2030. KALRO comprises of 16 interactive and interdependent network of semi-autonomous institutes situated in different parts of the country each with specific mandates that contribute to the overall vision and mission of KALRO. As spelt out in the Act, the key organs of KALRO include a Board of Management, which is the top body of the Organization responsible for making policy recommendations to the National Government; a Secretariat, which is the executive arm; a scientific and Technical Committee, an independent advisory body to the Board; the Agricultural Research Fund, which is expected to operate as the principle funding arm; and Institutes that carry out research in commodities and value chains. During the reporting period, KALRO had an Interim Management Committee (IMC) gazetted by the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries on 28th February 2014, whose main task was to operationalize the KALR Act.
