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Centre for Transformative Research and Development
CETRAD
The Centre for Transformative Research and Development (CETRAD) is a registered charitable trust based in Nanyuki, Laikipia County. It has kept field records here since 1976. The University of Nairobi, the University of Bern, and the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation sit on its board.
1976
Rainfall and river records, Laikipia
Nanyuki
Laikipia County
Trust
University of Nairobi, University of Bern, Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation
About CETRAD
Since 1976 in Nanyuki
The Centre for Transformative Research and Development (CETRAD) is a registered charitable trust based in Nanyuki, Laikipia County, at the foot of Mount Kenya. The University of Nairobi, the University of Bern, and the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation sit on its board.
Counties, water resource user associations, and research partners use the rainfall, river flow, and land records CETRAD keeps for the Ewaso Ng'iro basin.
Services
What we do
GIS, water records, assessment, restoration, training and capacity development, and data, research and knowledge services from Nanyuki.
GIS and remote sensing
Geospatial science for environmental research, landscape management, and decisions that rest on evidence.
GIS and remote sensingWater and environmental monitoring
River, rainfall, and climate records from the upper Ewaso Ng'iro North basin since 1976.
Water recordsEnvironmental assessment
Assessments, audits, and risk analysis for projects in Laikipia and neighbouring counties, signed by NEMA-registered experts.
AssessmentsRestoration
Wetland, river-bank, and rangeland restoration with communities and county governments.
Restoration workTraining and capacity development
Five short courses in Nanyuki. Next intake dates will be announced.
View coursesData, research and knowledge
Hydrological, climate, and GIS datasets from the upper Ewaso Ng'iro North basin.
Tools and productsNewsroom
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