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Effective agricultural development needs to be supported by agricultural research and development, an applied research activities to provide direction for agricultural development activities, e.g. by providing inputs for agricultural development policy, identification of bio-physic as well as socio-cultural factors influencing the success of agricultural development, moving agricultural development, e.g. by creating effective local specific and environment friendly technology, and pushing agricultural development activities by solving problems encountered in the implementation of agricultural development.
The aim of agricultural research and development is to produce and disseminate technological innovations to fulfill the needs of agricultural development, including: (a) alternative policies; (b) strategic national technology components; (c) location-specific and agribusiness technological innovations, (d) technology dissemination, and (e) efficient and effective management of research and development.
The implementation of agricultural researches are on the hand of National Research Institutes (RIs) with each of them respectively has the main function to conduct research on biotechnology and plant genetic resources, rice, legume and tuber crops, maize and cereals, vegetables, fruits, ornamental plants, spices and medicinal crops, tobacco and fiber crops, coconut and palmae, animal production, veterinary science, soil, agro-climate, and swampy area.In addition, there are 31 regional Assessment Institutes for Agricultural Technology (AIAT) with each of them has the main function to conduct specific location research, technology assessment and formulation of local specific and appropriate technology, for each of the assigned province. The aim of the establishment of AIATs in 1994 was to decentralize agricultural research activities and to improve closeness to the end users, i.e., farmers.