Established 2006 Administrative staff 4900 (as of 2009) Phone +81 29-838-8988 | President Tokio Imbe Website www.naro.affrc.go.jp Founded 2006 | |
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Former names National Agriculture and Bio-oriented Research Organization Similar 農林水産技術会議事務局筑波事, 国際農林水産業研究センター（独, 農研機構 農業環境変動研究セ, （財）日本農業研究所, つくばサイエンスツアーオフィス Profiles | ||
The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構, Nōgyō Shokuhin Sangyō Gijutsu Sōgō Kenkyū Kikō), or NARO, 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).
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History
In 2001, 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. 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.)