Zambia Agriculture Research Institute

Research institute · Zambia · also called ZARI

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MinistryMinistry of Agriculture
MandateConducts public-good agricultural research in soils and crops and provides associated services to farmers, generating and adapting crop and soil technologies to raise agricultural productivity, with particular attention to small-scale and emergent farmers who have limited access to information on existing technologies.
ServicesDevelops and adapts crop varieties and practical agronomy packages for smallholder, emergent and commercial farmers, including released varieties, regional agronomic recommendations and seed production guidelines, plus oil-content testing for oil crops such as sunflower, soybean, sesame and groundnut.
ContactPrivate Bag 7, Mount Makulu Central Research Station, Chilanga, Zambia. Phone: +260 211 278130. Email: info@zari.gov.zm.

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