National Agricultural Research Institute - INIA
INIA does research on new production processes and forms in the agricultural activities in Uruguay, and provides guidelines to producers regarding the application of technology. Through its research activities, INIA seeks to improve the traits of agro-industrial products and enhance production systems in order to increase competitiveness.
A) Formulation and implementation of the agriculture research programs aiming at the generation and adequation of technologies according to the needs of the country and to the socio-economic situation of agriculture and livestock production.
B) Participation in the development of scientific and technological wealth at a national level, both in the agriculture and livestock sectors, through their own activity or even through an efficient coordination with other transference and research programs for technology research and transfer which are being carried out at both public and private levels.
C) Articulation of effective generated technology transfer, with the organizations of technical assistance and extension that work at both public and private levels.
The National Agricultural Research Institute is created in 1989 by a National Act as a public non-governmental legal entity , managed and financed by public and private sectors jointly.
Potential modalities: Research, Consultancy, Training, Laboratory Analysis
Fields of activities: Animal Production, Field Crops, Horticulture, Forestry, Biotechnology, Organization and Institutional Management.
- Ing. Agr. PhD., Alvaro Roel
- Telephone: 598 29020550
- Email: [email protected]
- Fabio Montossi, National Director, Tel: 2902 0550, Email: [email protected]
- Verónica Musselli, Chief of the Research and International Cooperation Unit, Telephone: 2902 0550, Email: [email protected]