KARI Potato Research Priorities in Kenya: KARI impact assessment series

Abstract

Potatoes are a high priority food crop in Kenya given that they occupy the 2nd place to maize as food energy source. The national potato research programme, continues to face a serious problem of scarce resources. As a result, the programme is under pressure to demonstrate clearly the benefits the taxpayers can expect from the resources that are availed and utilised in support of agricultural research.