Mekelle Agricultural Mechanization and Rural Energy Research Center

General Background

Agricultural Mechanization and Rural Energy Research Directorate is one of the five research Directorates under Tigray Agricultural Research Institute (TARI). The research directorate is mainly engaged in development-oriented research activities of different agricultural machineries and implements, post-harvest and feed processing technologies, renewable and biomass energy appliances.

Thematic (research) areas

• Pre harvest and harvest agricultural implements
• Post-harvest machineries and agro processing  sciences
•  Rural transportation
• Irrigation and water pump
• Biomass and renewable energy

Research pillar of the directorate

• Improve land and labor productivity
• Reduce post-harvest loss and human drudgery
• Reduce deforestation
• Import substitution
• Transforming conventional agricultural practices
• Create new job for land less youths
• Empower women