Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Ministry of Agriculture, China
Data Center Description
The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) was
established in 1957. Different from provincial agricultural
research institutes, CAAS is China's national agricultural
research organization, directly affiliated to the Ministry of
Agriculture.
CAAS has a strategic task of serving nation-wide agricultural
and rural development and empowering farmers with science and
technology. Its major mandates focus on strategic and applied
research solving determinant and key scientific problems, which
are of national or regional importance.
CAAS has about 10,000 staff members and 38 research institutes
located across 17 different provinces, national municipalities
and the autonomous regions. In 1996, the Ministry of
Agriculture conducted an assessment of agriculture science and
technology research organizations nation wide. Seventeen CAAS
institutes were among the top 100. Our Plant Protection Research
Institutes were among the top 100. Our Plant Protection
Research Institute was rated number one in the nation. Six CAAS
institutes were among the top 10-advanced strategic agricultural
research institutions nation wide.
As the only agricultural research academy in China that can
confer Ph.D. degree in agricultural sciences, CAAS has a
Graduate School, five State Key Crop Variety Improvement Centers
and subcenters, 22 national and ministerial level Key Open
Laboratories, and 17 national and ministerial commodity quality
supervision and testing centers.
Meanwhile, the academy owns about 100 scientific and technology
based enterprises with nearly 2100 personnel engaged in science
and technology business development.
CAAS is a key open window representing China's agricultural
science and technology for international collaboration .We have
extensive international cooperation relationships with more than
40 countries and international organizations. Designates by the
Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), CAAS plays a strong leadership
role in China's collaboration network with the Consultative
Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in teamed
efforts with agricultural universities and other agricultural
research institutions.
Website: http://www.caas.net.cn/
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