The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) is a

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research company based in

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...

, UK.

The NIAB group

The NIAB group consists of: * NIAB * NIAB EMR - a horticultural and agricultural research institute at East Malling, Kent, with a specialism in fruit and clonally propagated crop production. Joined the NIAB Group in 2016. * NIAB CUF - a potato agronomy unit. Joined the NIAB Group in 2013. * NIAB TAG - the arable group that joined in 2009 * BCPC - promotes the use of science and technology in the understanding and application of effective, sustainable crop production. Acquired by NIAB in 2018.

History

NIAB was founded in 1919 by Sir Lawrence Weaver. The original Huntingdon Road headquarters building was opened in 1921, by King George V and Queen Mary.

Regional centres

NIAB operates 11 regional centres throughout England: * Cambridge *

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(Norfolk) *

East Malling East Malling is a village in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, in the part of the civil parish of East Malling and Larkfield lying south of the A20 road. In 2019 the ward had an estimated population of 5478. History The earliest rec ...

(Kent) *

Sutton Scotney Sutton Scotney is a village in Hampshire, England, north of Winchester in the civil parish of Wonston. It lies alongside the River Dever and is now bypassed by the A34 trunk road. It is notable for having been the site of numerous Spitfire cras ...

(Hampshire) *

Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its 2011 population of 24,029 was estimated to reach 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the So ...

and Plumber Farm (Devon) * Hereford *

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(Shropshire), *

Benniworth Benniworth is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated just west of the B1225 road, and west from Louth. According to the 2001 Census, the village had a population of 175, incr ...

and Kirton (Lincolnshire) * Headley Hall ( Tadcaster, Yorkshire) A 12th centre was expected to open at

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(Gloucestershire) in 2020.

References

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NIAB
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