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The is a Japanese research facility headquartered in
Tsukuba Science City is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 244,528 in 108,669 households and a population density of 862 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 20.3%. The total ar ...
, 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 An Incorporated Administrative Agency (独立行政法人, ''Dokuritsu gyōsei hōjin'' or ''Dokugyo'' in abbreviation) is a type of legal corporation formulated by the Government of Japan under the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrat ...
in 2001 originally as National Agricultural Research Organization, remaining under the
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries may refer to: * Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Cambodia) * Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) * Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Niue) * Depar ...
(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.NARO Website
/ref> Many of the research institutes and research centers constituting NARO have a history of more than 100 years.


Organization

*Headquarter (Tsukuba) *
NARO Agricultural Research Center Naro ( scn, Naru ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento, on the island of Sicily, Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Camastra, Campobello di Licata, Canicattì, Castrofilippo, Delia, Favara, Licata, Pal ...
(NARO/ARC) (Tsukuba) * NARO Institute of Crop Science (NICS) (Tsukuba) *
NARO Institute of Fruit Tree Science Naro ( scn, Naru ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento, on the island of Sicily, Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Camastra, Campobello di Licata, Canicattì, Castrofilippo, Delia, Italy, Delia, Favara, Ag ...
(NIFTS) (Tsukuba) *
NARO Institute of Floricultural Science Naro ( scn, Naru ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento, on the island of Sicily, Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Camastra, Campobello di Licata, Canicattì, Castrofilippo, Delia, Italy, Delia, Favara, Ag ...
(NIFS) (Tsukuba) *
NARO Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science Naro ( scn, Naru ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento, on the island of Sicily, Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Camastra, Campobello di Licata, Canicattì, Castrofilippo, Delia, Italy, Delia, Favara, Ag ...
(NIVTS) ( Tsu) *
NARO Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science Naro ( scn, Naru ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento, on the island of Sicily, Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Camastra, Campobello di Licata, Canicattì, Castrofilippo, Delia, Favara, Licata, Pa ...
(NILGS) (Tsukuba) *
National Institute of Animal Health National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
(NIAH) (Tsukuba) * National Institute for Rural Engineering (NIRE) (Tsukuba) * National Food Research Institute (NFRI) (Tsukuba) * NARO Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center (NARO/HARC) (
Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...
) * NARO Tohoku Agricultural Research Center (NARO/TARC) (
Morioka is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 February 2021, the city had an estimated population of 290,700 in 132,719 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . ...
) *
NARO Western Region Agricultural Research Center Naro ( scn, Naru ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento, on the island of Sicily, Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Camastra, Campobello di Licata, Canicattì, Castrofilippo, Delia, Favara, Licata, Pal ...
(NARO/WARC) ( Fukuyama) *
NARO Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center Naro ( scn, Naru ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento, on the island of Sicily, Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Camastra, Campobello di Licata, Canicattì, Castrofilippo, Delia, Favara, Licata, Pal ...
(NARO/KARC) ( Kōshi) * NARO Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN) ( Saitama)


Employees

The number of employees are as follows: * Researchers: 1,542 * Administrative staffs: 598 * Technical staffs: 528 * Total number of employees: 2,677 (as of April 1, 2013) (Part-time staffs are not included.)


See also

*
List of Independent Administrative Institutions (Japan) A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...


References


External links


NARO Web site
{{authority control Independent Administrative Institutions of Japan Research institutes in Japan Japanese food- and drink-related organizations