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Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)
Institution
Section overview
Description
EIAR’s mission is to conduct research that will provide market competitive agricultural technologies that will contribute to increased agricultural productivity and nutrition quality, sustainable food security, economic development, and conservation of the integrity of natural resources and the environment. As an apex body, EIAR provides strong leadership in coordinating research within the Ethiopian Agricultural Research System (EARS), by taking a leading role in influencing agricultural policy development.
Activities
- Research
Involved in research projects
- Diversifying agriculture for balanced nutrition through fruits and vegetables in multi-storey cropping systems
- Functional ecology and sustainable management of the Munessa forest, Ethiopia - Central project and coordinating scientist
- Genome wide studies to improve drought stress tolerance of ethiopian barley and durum wheat varieties.
- Processes of belowground carbon cycling in the plant-mycorrhiza-soil system as affected by silvicultural management
- Silvicultural contributions towards sustainable management and conservation of forest resources in the highlands of Ethiopia
Contact
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
(EIAR)
PO Box: 2003
PO Box: 2003 Addis Abeba
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Phone: +251-11-6462633-41
Fax: 251-11-6461294
Email: dg(@)earo.org.et