NARC, Islamabad

National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) (Urdu: قومی مرکز برائے تحقیقِ زراعت) is a research institution of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) based in Islamabad, Pakistan. It works in collaboration with Ministry of National Food Security and Research.

Research institutes

• Crop Sciences Institute (CSI)^[1]
• Horticulture Research Institute (HRI)^[2]
• Agricultural Engineering Institute (AEI)^[3]
• Honeybee Research Institute (HBRI)^[4]
• Social Sciences Research Institute (SSRI)^[5]
• Institute of Plant & Environmental Protection (IPEP)^[6]
• Food Sciences Research Institute (FSRI)^[7]
• Land Resources Research Institute (LRRI)^[8]
• Animal Sciences Institute (ASI)^[9]
• Crops Diseases Research Institute (CDRI)^[10]
• Climate Energy & Water Research Institute (CEWRI)^[11]
• Bio Resources Conservation Institute (BCI)^[12]
• National Institute of Genomics & Advanced Biotechnology (NIGAB)^[13]
• Rangeland Research Institute (RRI)^[14]

Events

Protest art on boundary wall of NARC against converting its land into a residential housing society

• In 2015, Chief Justice of Pakistan intervened and took notice on a land issue that involved converting land owned by National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) into a residential housing society scheme.^[15]
• In October 2019, World Food Day was observed at an event at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) in Islamabad. This event was organized by the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization, Pakistan's Ministry of National Food Security and Research, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and the World Food Programme (WFP). The theme for 2019 was – 'Our actions are our future: healthy diets for a zero hunger world'.^[16]

References

External links

• NARC-PARC official website