Agricultural Mechanization and Rural Energy Research Directorate

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.

Mission

The Directorate is given a mission to improve agricultural production and productivity, improve post harvest product handling and improve access for least cost energy in the rural Tigray through undertaking demand driven and participatory research on agricultural mechanization, post-harvest and feed processing technologies and renewable energy technologies.

Vision

• To see better and sustainable living standards of communities living in Tigray regional state through use of modern agricultural technologies.

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

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