The main objective of the DDG for Technology Commercialization is to facilitate the institute’s technologies and knowledge to generate income through a market-oriented approach. In addition, it coordinates the activities of promoting these technologies and knowledge, creating demand based on the demand created, multiplying the original technologies, and transferring them in a way that can be used by users. The DDG of Technology Commercialization is accountable to the DG of EIAR and five directorates under the DDG of Technology Commercialization. They are:

1.  Agricultural Extension and Communication Research Directorate
2. Technology Multiplication and Seed Research Directorate
3. Pastoral, Agro-Pastoral and Special Support Regions Research and Capacity Building
4. Intellectual Property and Knowledge Management Directorate
5. Climate Change, Geospatial and Biometrics Research Directorate.