National Agricultural Research Centre

NARC, Islamabad

National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) (Urdu: قومی مرکز برائے تحقیقِ زراعت) is a research institution of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) based in Islamabad, Pakistan. It works in collaboration with Ministry of National Food Security and Research.

Research institutes

• Crop Sciences Institute (CSI)^[1]
• Horticulture Research Institute (HRI)^[2]
• Agricultural Engineering Institute (AEI)^[3]
• Honeybee Research Institute (HBRI)^[4]
• Social Sciences Research Institute (SSRI)^[5]
• Institute of Plant & Environmental Protection (IPEP)^[6]
• Food Sciences Research Institute (FSRI)^[7]
• Land Resources Research Institute (LRRI)^[8]
• Animal Sciences Institute (ASI)^[9]
• Crops Diseases Research Institute (CDRI)^[10]
• Climate Energy & Water Research Institute (CEWRI)^[11]
• Bio Resources Conservation Institute (BCI)^[12]
• National Institute of Genomics & Advanced Biotechnology (NIGAB)^[13]
• Rangeland Research Institute (RRI)^[14]

Events

Protest art on boundary wall of NARC against converting its land into a residential housing society

• In 2015, Chief Justice of Pakistan intervened and took notice on a land issue that involved converting land owned by National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) into a residential housing society scheme.^[15]
• In October 2019, World Food Day was observed at an event at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) in Islamabad. This event was organized by the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization, Pakistan's Ministry of National Food Security and Research, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and the World Food Programme (WFP). The theme for 2019 was – 'Our actions are our future: healthy diets for a zero hunger world'.^[16]

References

1. "Pakistan Agricultural Research Council".
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15. Chief Justice of Pakistan takes notice of NARC land issue Dawn (newspaper), Published 9 March 2015, Retrieved 31 December 2019
16. Experts call for action to make healthy food accessible to all The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 17 October 2019, Retrieved 31 December 2019

External links

• NARC-PARC official website