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A Tree Nursery
Timber Sawing using Woodmizer
Soil analysis at the KEFRI laboratories
Certified Tree Seeds available at KEFRI centers
Loading PCR Products onto agarose gel
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 The Act was repealed by the Science, Technology and Innovation Act No. 28 of 2013.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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Mara Day was adopted by the 10th Sectorial Council of Ministers for Lake Victoria Basin held on 4th May 2012 in Kigali. The Ministerial Council made the decision to emphasize the importance of Mara ecosystem to economies and about 1000,000...
KEFRI, through Central Highlands Eco-region Research Programme (CHERP), participated during Wambugu farmers field day held at Wambugu Agriculture Training Centre, Nyeri County on 26th and 27th July, 2019...
Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) conducted a cleanup exercise from Zambezi to KALRO gate in Muguga on 24th July, 2019...
The Chairman of KEFRI 10th Board of Directors and the Director KEFRI participated in a Tree Planting Exercise at North Rift from 18th to 20th July, 2019...
The Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forestry Mr. Keriako Tobiko has inaugurated KEFRI 10th Board of Directors, whose three years term commenced 1st June, 2019...
Her Excellency, the First Lady Margaret Kenyatta called upon Kenyans to continue embracing conservation values and champion the management of forests and water towers...
The 10th KEFRI Board of Directors inaugurated by the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forestry Mr. Keriako Tobiko.
