ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Act
32. Functions of a research institute
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
32. Functions of a research institute
(1)The functions of the research institutes shall be to—(a)advise on, and develop appropriate systems to promote balanced, diversified and sustained agricultural development and to optimise agricultural production through adaptive and investigative research; and(b)facilitate the use of improved production technology, and to establish adequate feedback systems from agricultural producers in order to achieve and maintain national self-sufficiency and export capacities in agricultural products.(2)For the purpose of carrying out its functions under subsection (1), the research institutes shall—(a)organise, design and carry out on-station and on-farm research in their respective sectors of agricultural research in accordance with such policies and in such priorities as may be determined by the Board;(b)identify production, policy, market, processing and utilisation constraints in the fields of agriculture, water, livestock, forestry and environment, and prepare short and long-term research programmes within the framework of the national agricultural research system;(c)identify and disseminate, in collaboration with other relevant agencies, appropriate systems of mechanisation and technology options to improve agricultural production and provide answers to foreseeable problems facing crop, livestock and forestry;(d)collaborate with the extension and education services and other organisations, agencies and institutions including schools, technical institutions and universities, public or private, to disseminate research results and technologies;(e)establish and maintain regular contact with regional and international agricultural research centres to ensure the rapid introduction, evaluation and use of improved technology of potential benefit to the country;(f)conduct, in association with the secretariat, annual reviews of research results and modify research programmes as appropriate;(g)promote demand-driven participatory research, planning and priority setting; and(h)perform such other functions as the Board shall determine.