Knowledge Management Service (KMS)
 
 

The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Reasearch  (EIAR) has evolved through several stages since its first initiation during the late 1940s, following the establishment of agricultural and technical school of Ambo and Jimma.until the mid 1960's the Imperial College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts—now Haramaya University—with its Agricultural Experiment Station at Debre Zeit—now Debre Zeit Research Center—was the major research entity. The establishment of the Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR) in 1966 saw the first nationally coordinated agricultural research system in Ethiopia.

The EARS consist of EIAR, Regional Agricultural Research Institutes (RARIs), and Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs). EIAR is responsible for the running of federal research centers, and RARIs are administered by the regional state governments. In addition to conducting research at its federal centers, EIAR is charged with the responsibility for providing the overall coordination of agricultural research countrywide, and advising Government on agricultural research policy formulation.

Currently, the EARS comprise 55 research centers and sites located across various agro-ecological zones. The research centers vary in their experience, human, facility, and other resources capacities. Some of the research centers and sites have one or more sub-centers and testing sites.

 

 Core Mandates

  • Supply of improved agricultural technologies

  • Popularization of improved technologies

  • Coordination the national agricultural Researches

  • Capacity building of Researchers

    Vision

 EIAR’s vision is to see improved livelihood of all Ethiopians engaged in agriculture, agro-pastoralism and pastoralism through market competitive agricultural technologies.

     Mission

EIAR’s mission is to conduct research that will provide market competitive agricultural technologies that will contribute to increased agricultural productivity and nutrition quality, sustainable food security, economic development, and conservation of the integrity of natural resources and the environment. As an apex body, EIAR provides strong leadership in coordinating research within the Ethiopian Agricultural Research System (EARS), by taking a leading role in influencing agricultural policy development.

Part of these objectives there is an existing Knowledge Management Service (KMS) in the Institute under Information and Communication Directorte.The major sources information have local and global perspectives.The major Categories are:

  • Research results
  • Production and Productivity in agriculture
  • Valuechain in agriculture
  • Statistical and standard information
  • Policy and legal issues
  • Intellectual property and biosafety
  • Trainin and education
  • Cooperative Movements
  • Trade and investment
  • Media and communications
  • Rural development