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The Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) is a Nigerian government agency coordinating and monitoring agricultural research to increase agricultural productivity for economic development. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The agency also trains farmers, [ 3 ] for instance through television and radio programs.
The Agricultural and Food Research Council (AFRC) was a British Research Council responsible for funding and managing scientific and technological developments in farming and horticulture. [1] [2] [3] [4]
2009 - 2010 Molly Jahn was Acting Under Secretary of Research, Education and Economics, USDA. 2006 - 2009: Gale Buchanan was Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, USDA, and Chief Scientist. [13] He had been Dean and Director, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia prior to this appointment. [14]
BAR's specific mandate to coordinate agricultural research was affirmed by Executive Order 292, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987. [3] The Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) was created by virtue of Executive Order 116 signed in 1987. It is mandated to ensure that agricultural research are coordinated and undertaken for ...
These samples were combined with a collection at the Botany School of the University of Cambridge and maintained on behalf of the Agricultural Research Council. When the initial curator and plant pathology pioneer Dr Walter John Dowson [ 2 ] retired in 1956 the collection was moved to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), at ...
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. It reports to the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture. [2] The Union Minister of Agriculture serves as its president.
In October 2019, World Food Day was observed at an event at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) in Islamabad. This event was organized by the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization, Pakistan's Ministry of National Food Security and Research, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and the World Food Programme (WFP ...
The SAARC Agriculture Centre has now been given an enhanced mandate for supporting the member states to address common regional challenges of the food and agriculture sector by strengthening agricultural research and extension systems, knowledge management, and appropriate agricultural policies and program development.