INTERNATIONAL LINKAGES TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL NARS

 

The Council, has  established linkages with regional and international research centers and universities to  share information and benefit from the spillovers of advances in high cost basic research, avoid duplication and reduce high cost of technology generation. These linkages also provide access to latest information on scientific advances, and opportunities for staff development.

 

        Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi established in 1998

        Nepal Agricultural Research Council  (NARC), Kathmandu established in 2003

        Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Jakarta, established in 2003

        Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, (PARC), Islamabad establshed 2004

        World Agroforestry Centre, former International Center for Research in Agroforestry  (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya established in 2003

        International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC established in 2003

        International Center for Underutilized Crops (ICUC), University of Southampton, UK