APAARI Members

Regular Members

To date, APAARI has the following regular members from countries in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and the Pacific.

• ACIAR - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (Australia)
• AREEO - Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (Iran)
• BAR - Bureau of Agricultural Research (Philippines)
• BARC - Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (Bangladesh)
• CARP - Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy (Sri Lanka)
• COA - Council of Agriculture (Chinese Taipei)
• CoRRB - Council of RNR Research of Bhutan (Bhutan)
• DOA - Department of Agriculture (Thailand)
• IAC - Institut Agronomique neo-Caledonien (New Caledonia)
• ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research (India)
• JIRCAS - Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (Japan)
• MAFF - Koronivia Research Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forest (Fiji)
• MPI - Ministry of Primary Industries, Department of Agriculture, Raiwaqa, Suva (Fiji Islands)
• MARD - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam)
• MARDI - Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Malaysia)
• MCFF - Ministry of Commerce, Forests and Fisheries (Samoa)
• NARC - Nepal Agricultural Research Council (Nepal)
• NARI - National Agricultural Research Institute (Papua New Guinea)
• PARC - Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (Pakistan)
• PCARRD - Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Research and Development (Philippines)
• RDA - Rural Development Administration (Republic of Korea)

The following countries / territories are represented by the NARS membership in APAARI:

Efforts are being made to persuade Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia and Myanmar to become full time members. China, Indonesia and New Zealand are also being approached to consider rejoining the APAARI.

Associate, Affiliate and Reciprocal Members

In addition to the regular member institutions, there are 17 Associate, 7 Affiliate and 8 Reciprocal Members consits of mainly CGIAR centers and the regional organizations/associations.

Associate Members

• AVRDC - World Vegetable Center (Chinese Taipei)
• Bioversity International (Italy)
• CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Colombia)
• CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Mexico)
• ICARDA - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (Syria)
• ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (India)
• IFAP - International Federation of Agricultural Producers (France)
• IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute (U.S.A.)
• ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute (Kenya)
• IRRI - International Rice Research Institute (Philippines)
• IWMI - International Water Management Institute (Sri Lanka)
• NTU - National Taiwan University (Chinese Taipei)
• PNG UniTech - Papua New Guinea University of Technology (Papua New Guinea)
• SAC - SAARC Agriculture Centre(Bangladesh)
• SRIF - Sugar Research Institute of Fiji (Fiji)
• The World Fish Center (Malaysia)
• World Agroforestry Centre (Kenya)

Affiliate Members

• AAU - Anand Agricultural University (India)
• ARIA - Agricultural Research Institute of Afghanistan (Afghanistan)
• BAU - Birsa Agricultural University (India)
• IAUA - Indian Agricultural Universities Association (India)
• NMC-CREES - Northern Marianas College - Cooperative Research, Extension and Education Service (Northern Mariana Islands)
• SHIATS - Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (India)
• UPM - University Putra Malaysia (Malaysia)

Reciprocal Members

• AARINENA - Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (Jordan)
• AIT - Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand)
• APAFRI - Asia-Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions (Malaysia)
• APSA - The Asia-Pacific Seed Association (Thailand)
• CACAARI - Central Asia and the Caucasus Association of Agricultural Research Institution (Uzbekistan)
• FARA - Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (Ghana)
• NACA - Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific (Thailand)
• SPC - Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Fiji)

APAARI Members