National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

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National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

Former names	National Agriculture and Bio-oriented Research Organization
Established	2006
President	Kazuo Kyuma[1] 久間和生 (Kyūma Kazuo)
Administrative staff	4900 (as of 2009)
Location	multiple locations , Japan 36°00′51″N 140°03′39″E / 36.0143°N 140.0609°E / 36.0143; 140.0609
Campus	Tsukuba, Tsu, Sapporo, Morioka, Fukuyama, Kōshi, Saitama
Website	www.naro.affrc.go.jp

The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構, Nōgyō Shokuhin Sangyō Gijutsu Sōgō Kenkyū Kikō, NARO) is a Japanese research facility headquartered in Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, and the workforce is located in Tsukuba and in several cities and towns throughout Japan. The organization is dedicated to scientific research related to Agriculture. It became a new legal body of Independent Administrative Institution in 2001 originally as National Agricultural Research Organization, remaining under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).