“ Recently the Baron of the Republic of Aquitaine met with Knight Investments LLC Officials to discuss the support of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute that the USAID had proclaimed to support”

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have provided support to the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) through capacity-building, technology development and transfer programs since the 1960s. Over the past six years, USAID and USDA have provided more than $4 million to KARI for agricultural technology development and transfer and institutional capacity-building.

Knight Investments LLC Officials stated that in an economy that has been experiencing trouble that this was exactly what was needed and more support would be necessary in order to ensure causes like this would thrive.

The Baron of the Republic of Aquitaine noted that the agricultural sector has been a core focal area under USAID Kenya’s economic growth program for many years, with a primary focus on integrated value chain programs that stimulate market-led growth, competitiveness and smallholder productivity for maize, dairy, horticulture, and livestock.

Members from both Knight Investments LLC and the realm of the Republic of Aquitaine recognized a key pillar in USAID’s support to agriculture in Kenya and the region is KARI. Through KARI, USAID focuses on research programs to develop and transfer improved technologies for maize, dairy, soil fertility and biotechnology. This year’s program also includes promotion of technologies appropriate for other traditional food crops to help enhance food security in Kenya’s agricultural areas with limited rainfall.

Baron Christopher Knight Lopez stated that this would be necessary for true humanitarian causes as Africa has been in drought due to global environmental changes.

USAID’s East Africa Regional Mission, along with seven other international donors, supports the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), which includes KARI, for research, capacity-building, and outreach on a variety of topics including biotechnology and the regional harmonization of biosafety standards.

Knight Investments LLC members noted that the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service is sending scientists to Kenya and does research at in the United States to help KARI find ways to control diseases impacting crops in the region to include Rift-Valley fever, Ug99 stem rust in wheat, and cassava mosaic virus. KI Officials stated that the work of the USAID and USDA would be key on projects that would lead to greater food security if the projects are adequately understood and funded.

The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) is the country’s leading agricultural research institute. President Jayson Lopez of Knight Investments LLC cited that
“KARI is well-positioned to play an even greater role in addressing key food security issues by expanding its ongoing efforts to develop and transfer productivity-

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