Agricultural Research Council

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The Agricultural Research Council was established in 1990 through the Agricultural Research Act 86 of 1990 (as amended by Act 27 of 2001) and is the principal agricultural research institution in South Africa. It is a schedule 3A public entity in terms of the Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999, (as amended by Act 29 of 1999).

Its core mandate as defined in the Act is to act as the principal agricultural research institution in South Africa so as to conduct research, drive research and development, drive technology development and the transfer (dissemination) of information.

Equipment at this Institution

1	HiSeq 2500 Illumina Sequencing Genotyping Platform

Locations

Agricultural Research Council	North West University	University of Johannesburg
Cape Penninsula University of Technology	Oceanographic Research Institute	University of KwaZulu-Natal
Central University of Technology	Rhodes University	University of Limpopo
Centre for Proteomics and Genomics Research	Sefako Makgato Health Sciences University	University of Pretoria
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	South African Astronomical Observatory	University of South Africa
Durban University of Technology	South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON)	University of the Free State
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO)	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)	University of the Western Cape
iThemba LABS	South African National Space Agency (SANSA)	University of the Witwatersrand
Mintek	South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA)	University of Venda
National Institute for Communicable Diseases	Stellenbosch University	University of Zululand
National Museum	Tshwane University of Technology	Vaal University of Technology
National Zoological Gardens	University of Cape Town	Walter Sisulu University
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	University of Fort Hare