International Institutions related to Agriculture.pdf
- 1. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS RELATED TO AGRICULTURE Dr. K. VANANGAMUDI, Ph. D., Post.Doc (USA) Formerly Dean (Agriculture), Agri. College & Research Institute, Coimbatore, Dean, Adhiparashakthi Agricultural College, Prof. & Head, Seed Science& Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003, Tamil Nadu. e mail: vanangamudi.tnau@gmail.com Website: https://trinityculturalacademy.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWGv08j5jaZ-nkvz46HrBVw Name of the International Institutions Abbreviation Year Headquarters Food and Agricultural Organization FAO 1945 Rome, Italy International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA 1967 Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria Africa Rice Center AfricaRice 1971 Abidjan, C担te d'Ivoire Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, CGIAR 1971 France International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre CIMMYT 1974 Mexico International Rice Research Institute IRRI 1974 Los Banos, Philippines International Potato Centre CIP 1975 Lima, Peru International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics ICRISAT 1976 Hyderabad,India Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, ACIAR 1982 Canberra, ACT, Australia World Agro-Forestry Centre ICRAF 1985 Nairobi, Kenya International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas ICARDA 1986 Beirut,Lebanon International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI 1988 Washington, USA SAARC Agriculture Centre SAC 1988 Khamar Bari Road, Dhaka- 1215, Bangladesh Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR 1993 Bogor, Indonesia World Fish Centre WFC 1996 Penang, Malaysia Biodiversity International BI 1996 Rome, Italy
- 2. International Water Management Institute IWMI 1996 Colombo, Sri Lanka International Centre for Tropical Agriculture CIAT 1998 Palmira, Colombia International Livestock Research Institute ILRI 2004 Nairobi Kenya and Adis AbabaEthiopia