National Agriculture and Food Research Organization explained

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Established:2006
President:Kazuo Kyuma[1]
Administrative Staff:4900 (as of 2009)
City:multiple locations
Country:Japan
Former Names:National Agriculture and Bio-oriented Research Organization
Coordinates:36.0143°N 140.0609°W

The is a Japanese research facility headquartered in Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, and the workforce is located in Tsukuba and in several cities and towns throughout Japan. The organization is dedicated to scientific research related to Agriculture. It became a new legal body of Independent Administrative Institution in 2001 originally as National Agricultural Research Organization, remaining under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).

History

In 2001, the National Agricultural Research Organization was established based on research institutes and experimental stations of MAFF. It was merged with a research institution in 2003 and with two other research institutes in 2006, and then renamed to the present name, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization.[2] Many of the research institutes and research centers constituting NARO have a history of more than 100 years.

Organization

Employees

The number of employees are as follows:

(Part-time staffs are not included.)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.naro.go.jp/english/about-naro/message.html Message from the President.
  2. http://www.naro.affrc.go.jp/english/about/history/index.html NARO Website

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