Department of Agricultural Research
Histroy of DAR
Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) was initially established at Gyogon, Insein township, Yangon on June 22 in 1954.
Gyogone is located inlower Myanmar where only rice research can be done because of receiving heavy rain. To make
other research on upland crops, other suitable location was selected.So, later it was shifted to Yezin, Pyinmana,
Mandaly Division (now ZaYarThiri township, NayPyiTaw Councial Region) which is located in the intermediate zone of
the country and where improvement programs on upland crops could be initiated in 1971. In 1978, shifting from Gyogone
to Yezin was completed and research on all the important crops in the country were done in a large scale.
In 1973, Rice Section was transferred to Yezin and started to conduct the rice field trials. Moreover,
Chemistry Department was transferred to Yezin in 1976 and Entomology and Botany Section were moved to
Yezin in 1977-78. In 1974, more research works are extended with "Four year project for strengthening of ARI by the
supporting of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, UNDP. In that project, breeding of rice,
cotton, jute, food legumes varieties of high yielding and land reforming, extension of organization structure and hire
specialists for each subject, providing the agricultural machinery and laboratory equipments and scholarship program
for human resource development were proceeded. The new established departments at that time were Maize and Other
Cereal Crops Department, Sugarcane Department , Food Legumes Department, Jute and Cotton Department and
Horticulture Department.
After that, four year project for strengthening of ARI was extended for second stage from 1979 to 1982 and set up
as a "Crop Development Project". In 1978-1982 Breeding of high yielding variety in rice was mainly emphasized which was
provided by IRRI-Burma Cooperation project. As a second step, the project was focused on rice-based cropping system
and small scale agricultural machinery production in addition to rice research under Burma-IRRI Cropping Pattern and
System Research Project. As the third step, Project on Crop-Livestock Farming System was collaborated from 1989 to
1990.
In 1989, when the Myanma Agriculture Service (MAS) was reorganized with 8 Divisions under it, Agriculture Research
was one of the Divisions under MAS. Agricultural Research Division had Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI)
at Yezin, Pyinmana and several satellite research farms in different locations.In 1990, the Organization Structure of Institute
was extended and Agricultural Engineering Section, Agricultural Economics and Statistics Section and Regional Research
Section of Head Quarter manage the Satellite Research Farm from lower and upper Myanmar were established.
CARI upgraded Departmental Research as a Department of Agriculture Research (DAR) became as a separate
Department on 27th January 2004. Yezin is situated at 10 miles North of Pyinmana on 19° 91' N and 96° 0" 7' E. It is 254
miles north of Yangon and 176 miles south of Mandalay on Yangon-Mandalay highway. The department occupies a total are
of 1028.80 acres of which 575.04 acres are under cultivation and the remaining 361.98 acres under roads and buildings.
DAR have 6 division including 16 section of crops and supporting sectons. Now, Newly establish units in DAR were Plant
Variety Protection (PVP) Reserch Section, Post Harvest Technology Research Section, Rice Biopark Unit, Farmer Channel
and Agricultural Microbiology Research Section, all are 21 section of crops and supporting sectons.
Divisions and Sections of Department of Agricultural Research
- Rice and Other Cereal Crop Division
Rice Research Section
Hybrid Rice Research Section
Other Cereal Crops Research Section
- Oil Seed Crops and Food Legumes Division
Oil Seed Crops Research Section
Food Legumes Research Section
- Industrial Crops and Horticulture Division
ndustrial Crops Research Section
Vegetable and Fruit Research Section
- Soil/Water Utilization and Agricultural Engineering Division
Soil Research Section
Water Utilization Research Section
Agricultural Engineering Research Section
- Agronomy, Agricultural Economics and Statistics Division
Agronomy Research Section
Rice Bio-park Unit
Post Harvest Technology Research Section
Agricultural Economics Research Section
Agricultural Statistics Research Section
- Biotechnology, Plant Genetic Resources and Plant Protection Division
Biotechnology Research Section
Seed Bank Research Section
Entomology Research Section
Plant Pathology Research Section
Agricultural Microbiology Research Section
Policy of DAR
- Development of new crop varieties and hybrids with high yield and good quality adapted to agro-ecological and climatic conditions and increasing crop production by using quality seeds.
- Application of biotechnology and molecular techniques in breeding of mother stem cells.
- Farmers participatory breeding and selection of new crop varieties.
- Diverse genetic resources including wild types, landraces, and released varieties conservation and pre-breeding preparation of crops in the Seed Bank.
- Integrated pest and diseases management researches for the safety of consumers and environment.
- Farmers participatory researches of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good manufacturing Practices (GMP) from seed to post-harvest of crops.
- Establishment of National Agricultural Research and Extension System in corporation with concerned agencies in order to strengthen research and development of sustainable utilization of natural resources, organic farming, and conservation agriculture to increase agricultural production.
- Research of climate smart agriculture, crop rotation, mixed cropping, intercropping for effective utilization of soil and water, agro-forestry, and cropping pattern.
- Development of research methods and producers and publication of research manual for effective breeding and experimentation by researchers.
- Making, revising and enaction of agricultural research law and regulations in accordance with time to time.
- Encouragement of private and non-governmental organizations to participate in research and extension services.
- Continuous training and strengthening capability of agricultural researchers.
Vision
To undertake inclusive and innovative agricultural research and development throughout the food value chain for food security, nutrition, safety, socio-economic development and sustainable agriculture and livestock
Mission
To undertake agricultural research to support food security and social-economic development and to disseminate applied research results.
Objective
To develop adapted high yield and good quality crop varieties to diverse agro-eco system and to disseminate innovative agricultural science and technology along with continuous capacity building for researchers.
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