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INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (IAR) SAMARU

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

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE • Large research farms >200ha • Equipped laboratories: Soil Science Crop Protection Agronomy Product Development Plant Science Faculty of Agriculture

  5. Outstations: • Kano - Sudan savanna • Kadawa - Large scale irrigation Hadejia Jama’are River Basin • Talata Mafara - Large scale irrigation Sokoto Rima River basin

  6. Staff strength • Academic: 63, • 20 Professors, • 71 Principal Research Fellow • Technicians: 92 • Administration and finance:49 • Others: Senior 92 Junior 604

  7. IAR Mandates Genetic improvement Of :

  8. GROUNDNUT

  9. COWPEA

  10. COTTON

  11. MAIZE

  12. SORGHUM

  13. SUNFLOWER

  14. CASTOR

  15. JATROPHA

  16. ARTEMISIA

  17. Mandates cntd. Agricultural Extension

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. RESEARCH OUTPUTS Cntd. • Recommendations on cultural operations and post-harvest technologies • Agricultural machineries (prototypes ready for commercialization) • Commercializable food products and technologies

  22. Harvesting and Threshing Maize sheller/dehusker

  23. Storage Onion storage rack

  24. A. EXTENSION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES IN 2012

  25. EXTN SUPPORT ACTIVITIES…... CONT’D

  26. EXTN SUPPORT ACTIVITIES CONT’D

  27. B. TECH DEVELOPMENT

  28. C. EXTN PUBLICATIONS - NONE D. RADIO PROGS – NONE E. TV PROGRAMMES- NONE F.TRAINING WORKSHOP

  29. G. ADOPTED VILLAGE

  30. Thank you for your attention

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