Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricole (ISRA)

Location

Dakar, Senegal

Parent Organization

Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricole (ISRA)

Overview

 

In November 1974, the General Delegation for Scientific and Technical Research (DGRST) created the Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA) with the main goal of providing Senegal with a genuine research policy. The institute operates in the six eco-geographical zones of Senegal through a dense infrastructure system consisting of regional centers, national laboratories, research and production units and Multilocal Pre-extension and Experimentation Support Points (PAPEM).

Mission

ISRA's main mission is fundamental and applied research with the following objective:

• the development and progress of scientific and/or technological research;
• participation in its areas of expertise in the development of national development policy ;
• the promotion of research results , both at the level of the scientific community and at the level of all sectors of economic and social life;
• the transfer of scientific and technological knowledge ;
• training in and through research.