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Research area directors are answerable to the DG and DDG, and carry out responsibilities assigned to them. core research and technical directors guide,coordinate and oversee research in their respective disciplines. The followings are core research and technical research areas:

Agricultural Biotechnology Research

Biotechnology, can be defined as “any technique that uses living organisms, or substances from those organisms, to make or modify a product, to improve plants or animals, or to develop micro-organisms for specific uses.” It plays a very important role in agriculture because of its ability to modify ...

Agricultural Economics Research

The agricultural economics research focuses on the generation of information and knowledge that enhance internal and external research efficiency, and on their dissemination to relevant stakeholders. Effort at enhancing the internal research efficiency is geared towards generating information that a...

Agricultural Engineering Research

Agricultural Mechanization Research Agricultural mechanization implies the use of various power sources and improved farmtools and equipment, with a view to reduce the drudgery of the human beings anddraught animals, enhance the cropping intensity, precision and timelines of efficiency ofutilizatio...

Agricultural Extension and Communication

Drafts technology transfer and commercialization plans, coordinates programs and aligns them with the strategic plans of the institute, ensures that they are in conformity with the interest of the public/government and the interests of local and international stakeholders of the Institute; Advi...

Climate, Geo-spatial and Biometrics Research

An Overview The Climate, Geospatial and Biometrics Research Directorate is one of the research directorates in EIAR dedicated to work on climate and geospatial related researches to ensure sustainable agricultural growth and development of the country. Beside the research activities, the directorat...

Crop Research

An Overview The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) is discharging its responsibilities of delivering and continually improving various agricultural technologies and their recommended applications and production methods by coordinating its research activities through various work...

Food Science and Nutrition Research Laboratories

An Overview Since establishment of agricultural system in Ethiopia, for the last five decades, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research has been involved in development of high yielding and pest resistant varieties of crops and livestock species, formulation of appropriate agronomic packages ...

Livestock Research

An Overview Livestock production in Ethiopia is either the solemeans of livelihood in the pastoral systems and /orpart of the major form of engagement in the highlandand mid altitude crop livestock production systems. Itprovides multiple functions as sources of meat, milk andegg production, sourc...

Natural Resource Management Research

An Overview It is well known that the vision and mission of Agricultural Research and Development in most developing countries is to ensure food self-sufficiency, production of raw materials for domestic industries, production of export commodities to maximize foreign exchange earnings and increase...

Pastorial, Agro-Pastoral and Special Support Regions Research and...

An Overview The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research contributes for the development of the Ethiopian agriculture by importing and adapting technologies from different countries, generating and improving local technologies and pre-scaling up improved technologies and information. EIAR esta...

Plant Protection Research

An Overview Crop pests, which include insect/mite pests, vertebrate pests, diseases, non-parasitic and parasitic weeds, established invasive alien species, have been causing economic damage to the Ethiopian agriculture. The loss incurred due to crop pests both in quantity and quality ranges between...

Technology Multiplication and Seed Research

An overview The Technology Multiplication and Seed Research Directorate (TMSRD) is one of the key Directorate in Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) that engaged in multiplication of Early Generation Technologies (EGT)- (breeder, pre-basic, basic seeds, livestock and fishery, ...

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