KALRO - Biotechnology Research Institute (BioRI) Annual Report 2022-2023

Abstract

To generate and promote animal, plant, and environmental biotechnology knowledge, infor-mation, and technologies that respond to clients’ demands and opportunities. This report underscores the significant progress made by our institute over the past year in ad-dressing critical challenges within the agricultural and livestock sectors in Kenya. Through a combination of innovative research initiatives and collaborative partnerships, we have success-fully developed cutting-edge biotechnological tools and solutions that contribute to enhancing productivity, resilience, and sustainability in agriculture. Our research endeavors have spanned a wide array of focus areas, including the development of disease-resistant crops, exploration of nutritional alternatives for livestock, implementation of technologies to boost crop production, the conduct of socioeconomic studies informing agricul-tural technology adoption, assurance of livestock product safety, advancement of disease vector control technologies, vaccine development, and the execution of impactful community outreach programs such as youth mentorship initiatives. These achievements underscore our unwavering commitment to leveraging the potential of biotechnology to benefit Kenyan farmers and the ag-ricultural sector as a whole.