Research and Development in Asia

BARI (Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute) is the largest multi- crop research institute conducting research on a wide variety of crops, such as cereals, tubers, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits, spices, flowers, etc.

The Central Potato Research Institute is a governmental organisation in India with a mandate focused on potato research and the supply of disease free basic seed material for further propagation.

The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) is a national, integrative agricultural scientific research organization with responsibility for carrying out both basic and applied research, as well as research into new technologies impacting agriculture.

F1rst is a business research and consulting firm, offering its services to the food and beverage (F&B) ingredients space in the Indian subcontinent since 2009. F1rst brings to bear its knowledge and experience gained from in-depth and focused interactions with the food industry.

Fresh O Veg Pvt. Ltd. was conceived and founded in 1996 by a team of highly experienced professionals, offers various services and products including agriculture projects, food & end-to-end food processing advisory and consultation through the entire food & agro value chain.

Huazhong Agricultural University is a public university in Wuhan, giving priority to agriculture, characterized by life sciences and supplemented by the combination of agriculture

The programmes at ICAR-CPRI Ooty station are development of agro-techniques for potato cultivation, development of varieties possessing combined resistance to late blight and cyst nematode and to develop control measures for soil and tuber-borne diseases.

The station possesses a total of 26.17 hectares land out of which 20 hectares is under cultivation with assured irrigation facility. Infrastructure includes laboratory buildings, administrative building, library cum tissue culture laboratory, staff rooms and potato sheds.

The ICAR-CPRI Research Station in Shillong has been established in the year 1959. The main programmes are screening of germplasms and hybrids for resistance to late blight, bacterial wilt and potato tuber moth and development of production technology and varieties suitable for the North Easter Himalayan hills.

The Central Potato Research Station, Gwalior has substantially contributed in the growth and development of potato in the region as well as at the national level.

ICAR-Central Potato Research Station, Jalandhar (Punjab) is one of the seven regional research stations of the ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh).

ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute Regional Station, Modipuram Campus is the biggest Research Station of the Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla.

Agriculture (data from the 2000 version of the telecommunications yellow pages, accuracy is very low, for reference only)

Khazaee Corporation is an Iranian Agricultural, Livestock, and Cold Storage Supplier. They have specialised cold storage for potato tuber.

Marine conservation is a company involved in Coral reef protection and rehabilitation in Pakistan, through the scientifically proven methodology of Ocean Quest Global.

MyRoots India Pvt Ltd is an enterprise with a focus on the socio-economic development of rural India.

National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad established in 1984, is the premier research establishment of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) at the federal level. They are involved in research of diffrent agricultural crops including potatoes.

Northeast Agricultural University (NEAU) is a high-ranking agricultural university in China, which is specialized in agricultural science and focused on life science and food science.