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The National Research and Development Agenda by Simon K. Langat aims to prioritize and foster research in health, energy, agriculture, social sciences, and more to drive a transformation to a knowledge-based economy. It focuses on raising productivity and prudent resource utilization to achieve Vision 2030. The agenda also emphasizes cross-cutting issues such as policy analysis, gender equity, and transformational leadership for sustainable development.
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National Research and Development Agenda Simon K. Langat, OGW • Date
Background • Vision 2030 • MTP 2013-2017 • Raise productivity • Transformation to a knowledge based economy • Prudent utilization of resources
Introduction • A research agenda is required to define the main areas of concern, to facilitate cooperation between stakeholders and channel funds to the most appropriate research
Objective • Prioritize, promote and harness research to:
Health research priority areas • Primary health care, prevention and control, • Maternal health and child health • Non communicable diseases and geriatrics • Curative medicine including herbal medicine • Emerging diseases,vectors,surveillance and zoonotic • Emerging technologies ( nanotechnology) • Ethical issues in health
Other areas • Energy, agriculture, social sciences, environment, information & communication, physical nod biological sciences, engineering technology
Cross cutting issues • Policy making / analysis • IPR, innovation mgt • Indexing us knowledge mgt • Transformational Leadership • Gender issues • Education • Resource mgt and equity
General outlook • Multidisciplinarity • Continuous monitoring of emerging issues and frontiers of knowledge • Collaboration