The Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) was established in 1962 and is one of the departments of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment. ARI undertakes applied and basic research within the wider domain of plant and animal production. Its mission is to provide high quality scientific research using methods that are financially, environmentally and socially sustainable. Its contribution to the solution of actual problems and to the introduction of new technological methods and approaches in agricultural production is greatly valued, both locally and abroad. ARI employs 40 scientists, most of them PhD and MSc holders, specialists in various disciplines of plant and animal production, 70 technicians, 14 administrative and financing personnel and a permanent labor force. |
