agricultural research institute

the institute undertakes applied and adaptive research within the wider domain of plant
and animal production. it evaluates under local conditions,
resent scientific and technological findings owning at maximizing the utilization of resources
and improve animal and plant production. important disciplines
of research, such as field crops, horticulture, plant protection, soils and water use,
animal production, agricultural economics, biotechnology
and statistics, coexist under the same roof ensuring cooperation among scientists of different
disciplines and efficient use of facilities.
it also has a central chemistry laboratory providing analytical backup services and pursuing
experimental work on pesticide residue analysis.
the institute has well equipped specialized laboratories, including a radioisotope laboratory,
cold storage facilities, a gene bank, a herbarium,
an insectary, glasshouses and a library which receives most of the leading agricultural
journals. the institute has an experimental farm, near hqs,
where the livestock (cattle, sheep, goats) is kept, and outstations at akhelia and zyghi
for citrus, vegetables and field crops, and at saittas for deciduous fruits.
extensive experimentation is also undertaken in farmers' fields.

the institute's work is published in international journals or in its own publications series
(annual review, technical bulletin, miscellaneous reports, agricultural economics report)
in english. the institute is the national agris centre, collecting,
cataloguing and indexing the agricultural literature published in cyprus,
and is also the national caris centre collating information on on-going research.
all this information is supplied to fao for inclusion
in the global databases of the agris and caris systems.