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INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (IAR) SAMARU. E-mail: iar20002001@yahoo.com website: www.iar-samaru.org Director: Dr A. M. Falaki Dep. Director: Prof E. Amans. MISSION STATEMENT :.
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INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (IAR) SAMARU • E-mail: iar20002001@yahoo.com • website: www.iar-samaru.org Director: Dr A. M. Falaki • Dep. Director: Prof E. Amans
MISSION STATEMENT: To generate, disseminate and impart improved agricultural technologies for enhanced crop production and utilization for self-sufficiency in food, raw materials and for export
INTRODUCTION • IAR established in 1922 to conduct research for all the important crops grown in then entire Northern Region • Affiliated to Ahmadu Bello University in 1962
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE • Large research farms >200ha • Equipped laboratories: Soil Science Crop Protection Agronomy Product Development Plant Science Faculty of Agriculture
Outstations: • Kano - Sudan savanna • Kadawa - Large scale irrigation Hadejia Jama’are River Basin • Talata Mafara - Large scale irrigation Sokoto Rima River basin
Staff strength • Academic: 63, • 20 Professors, • 71 Principal Research Fellow • Technicians: 92 • Administration and finance:49 • Others: Senior 92 Junior 604
IAR Mandates Genetic improvement Of :
Mandates cnd. • Farming Systems research in North West agro-ecological zone • Training stakeholders and students of Faculty of Agriculture at all levels • Design, development and fabrication of agricultural implements and equipment • Provision of laboratory and other technical services • Collaboration with relevant institutes and organizations
Research organization • Multi-disciplinary - involving breeders, Agronomists, Agric. Engineers, Soil scientists, Food scientists, Plant protectionists, Agric. Economists & Rural sociologists • Research Programs: Cereals, Fibres, Legumes & Oilseeds, Artemisia(Horticulture), Product development (Food Science), Agric. Mechanization, Irrigation • Support Units: Extension, Monitoring & Evaluation, Data processing, Publications & information, Library
SOME RESEARCH OUTPUTS • Cowpea – 14 varieties • Cotton – 13 varieties • Groundnut – 27 varieties • Maize – > 40 varieties • Sorghum – > 49 varieties • Other crops: millet -7, wheat -8, tomato -20 varieties
RESEARCH OUTPUTS Cntd. • Recommendations on cultural operations and post-harvest technologies • Agricultural machineries (prototypes ready for commercialization) • Commercializable food products and technologies
Harvesting and Threshing Maize sheller/dehusker
Storage Onion storage rack
C. EXTN PUBLICATIONS - NONE D. RADIO PROGS – NONE E. TV PROGRAMMES- NONE F.TRAINING WORKSHOP