The purpose of the Centre is to strengthen research and other capacities As a multipurpose Centre, it hosts the following centres:
The CoELIB Incubar : this is an agribusiness incubator in the livestock value chain with different subsidiaries for different livestock species and products. The Incubar facilitates the development of agribusiness enterprises in the livestock value chain and support
growing businesses in a conducive environment linking universities, research institutions and the private sector. In addition it supports curriculum reform and improved delivery mechanism to enhance production of agribusiness entrepreneurs and innovators in the livestock value chain and beyond. The businesses and companies that have been incubated include; Prima Gallus, Milele Feeds, Mazao Millers, Token Network, Ukulima Frontline, M-FUGO and AgriFresh. The Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) : The overall purpose of the TLC is to enhance the quality of academic programs offered by the Faculty of Agriculture at Egerton University; To be a source of information on current teaching methods, strategies, and technologies; To provide programming to enhance the delivery of course content for effective classroom teaching performance and to champion fundamental changes in the teaching culture among the academic staff. The African Dairy Academy (Dairy Academy) : The academy Works towards strengthening education and research capacities in dairy sciences and Supports and strengthens innovations and businesses within the the dairy sector. The Academy supports the respective African government’s to address knowledge gaps and build on existing capacity and learning. The DairyAcademy is useful because it will improve capacity of Higher Education Institutions(HEI) to undertake multidisciplinary research on Dairy Value Chain and promote evidence-based policy development. The DairyAcademy hosts the African Dairy Sciences Network (DairyNet) (still under development
Knowledge Centre for Agriculture (KCA) : This centre aims at providing agricultural information and advice to farmers, ranchers and the agriculture industry on topics ranging from crop and livestock production to new research and technology, government programs and services, and farm business management. CoELIB also hosts the Dairy Goat Improvement Centre, a Mushroom Spawn Production Unit, a Demonstration Apiary, a Dairy Cattle Zero Grazing Unit, an Indigenous Chicken Improvement Unit and a Livestock Feeds Mushroom production. In addition it manages a number of projects namely; InCIP, DAIRYCHAIN, DAIRYTRAIN, ILINOVA, USINKEN and VALUELEAD and DAIRYLEARN.
