Thematic Focus
CETRAD research activities are conducted within the frame of the four major thrusts:
1. Strategies for Sustainable Development;
2. Land Use Planning for Sustained Livelihood and Optimal Resource Use;
3. Promotion of Sustainable Resource Use and Management for Improved Productivity; and
4. Non-farm/Non-pastoral Economic Development, Infrastructure and Services.
The research activities are grouped according to the respective framework of funding that include:
• National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South Programme;
• Eastern and Southern Africa Partnership Programme (ESAPP);
• The Darwin Initiative;
• Syngenta Global Stewardship/Syngenta East Africa Ltd; and
• COMPACT of UNDP GEF/SGP.
• Volkswagen
• Water Initiative
• Bio energy in Africa (BIA)
CETRAD runs a rich hydromet data and information base generated from its long term and comprehensive monitoring network in the upper Ewaso Ngiro North river basin. Most of this data is now linked through a real time transmission system and interfaced to its database as well as to some selected Water Resources Users Associations (WRUAs) in the upstream areas.
