Zambia Agriculture Research Institute
Research institute · Zambia · also called ZARI
What to know
| Ministry | Ministry of Agriculture |
|---|---|
| Mandate | Conducts 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. |
| Services | Develops 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. |
| Contact | Private Bag 7, Mount Makulu Central Research Station, Chilanga, Zambia. Phone: +260 211 278130. Email: info@zari.gov.zm. |
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