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The Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) was established as a State Corporation in 1986 under the Science and Technology Act Chapter 250 of the Laws of Kenya to focus on forestry research. The Act was repealed by the Science, Technology and Innovation Act No. 28 of 2013. Kenya Forestry Research Institute is also mandated under the Forest Conservation and Management Act, 2016 to undertake forestry research.
KEFRI headquarters is located in Muguga, 23 km north-west of Nairobi, off Nairobi - Nakuru highway. KEFRI has 5 regional research programmes with head offices in Gede, Kitui, Muguga, Londiani and Maseno. The Institute has one national centre located in Karura.
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KEFRI jointly with Kiambu County Government held a tree planting activity at Ondiri Swamp in Kikuyu, Kiambu County on 30th December 2020...
On 11th December 2020, KEFRI unveiled a quarantine facility to counter the spread of invasive pest species across the East African region...
KEFRI Dr. Joshua Cheboiwo hosted Mr. Katsuro Saito, the Chief Adviser in charge of Forest Extension under the Capacity Development Project for Sustainable Forest Management (CADEP-SFM) in Kenya on 8th December 2020...
The DERP-Kitui undertook the National Cleanup Kenya Campaign exercise along the JICA road towards DERP compound. This exercise which involved sweeping, slashing and collecting of debris and waste was done by all the staff...
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry has rolled out a national tree planting campaign to help the country attain 10% forest cover. The initiative to be implemented across the 47 counties, targets to plant 2 billion seedlings by the year 2022...
KEFRI Corporate Affairs and Quality Assurance Deputy Director Dr. Jackson Mulatya has said that the Kenya’s forest cover which stands at 7.02 per cent is too low compared to many other countries in the world,” he added...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and Marsabit County Government led a tree planting program where 8,235 - indigenous and fruit tree seedlings were planted to rehabilitate the degraded 51,000 ha of Mt Kulal biosphere, in Marsabit County...
The Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forestry Keriako Tobiko led state agencies under his ministry in marking the 1st anniversary of the reclamation of the Maasai Mau forest on 31st October, 2020 at Senetwet Maasai Mau Forest (Block 65), Narok County where 110 hectares has been marked for rehabilitation...
KEFRI Director Dr. Joshua Cheboiwo on 30th October, officiated a tree planting activity for the short rain season, at Hon. Francis Nyamu Kangwima’s (FNK) Foundation in Tunyai, Tharaka Nithi County...
KEFRI Senior Deputy Director Research and Development, Dr Jane Njuguna and Central Highlands Regional Director Dr. Eston Mutitu joined senior KFS staff in the ongoing short rains tree planting exercise at Gatare Forest station, Muranga County...
Environment PS Dr. Chris K Kiptoo has vouched for the uptake of Bamboo farming saying it has potential for business ventures...
KEFRI Central region Director Dr. Eston Mutitu has rolled out the Presidential ‘Cleaning Up Kenya Campaign’ at Muguga, meant to enhance environmental restoration, conservation and management in the region....
KEFRI jointly with communities’ adjacent Kaya forests in Kilifi County has begun a drive of planting 250,000 mangrove seedlings to increase the forest cover...
The KEFRI Board of Directors led by the Chairman Dr. Sammy Letema paid a courtesy call to Kitui County where they interacted with Governor Hon. Charity Ngilu on forestry research and development issues....
Nairobi Area inception workshop on strategies of unlocking Gums Arabic potentials for increasing employment and economic opportunities for the communities in Kenya’s ASALs counties being held today at KEFRI headquarters, is deliberating....
KEFRI’s deputy director in charge of forest biodiversity and environment management Dr. James Ndufa has lauded the Capacity Development Project for Sustainable Forest Management (CADEP-SFM) project for equipping farmers with the relevant knowledge to practice sustainable agriculture and commercial tree growing. ...
Participatory forest management experts have developed a draft guide lines on equitable benefit sharing mechanism of forest resources during a workshop at KEFRI- Kitui between 7th and 11th December 2020. ...
KEFRI Pension Scheme is among the few that has sustainably remitted staff contribution to Retirement Benefit Authority (RBA) despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which has negatively affected other pensioners both in private and public sectors...
A tree planting and clean-up exercise to conserve Ondiri swamp, led by the Presbyterian Church of East Africa, Kikuyu Township in collaboration with KEFRI, Friends of Ondiri Wetland and Kiambu County Government marked the 100 years of local elder’s ordination in Kenya...
KEFRI and Faina Innovations Limited has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the acquisition and distribution of tree seeds to address food insecurity, forest cover and the improvement of agribusiness through development and promotion of innovative products and collaborative linkages. ...