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Aaricultural research

in Algeria

Director General

-

Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria

The importance of agriculture and its vital role in This development program will be supported by the improuement of socio-economic conditions in specific actions directed toward the following

Algeria constitute the main priority of the national areas:

development programs defined in the Second Five- (1985189). -professional agricultural training, Over the past few years, the agricultural and

fishing sector, in close coordination with the

irrigation sector, has embarked on a program o f various activities in the areas of organization, technology, economy and training.

agricultural sector aim at intensifying agricultural output through the use of the most productiue and economic techniques that are best adapted to local conditions.

t o t h e following:

-

-

-

-

-

- upgrading and transfers of senior personnel;

-

- r e i n f o r c e m e n t o f a p p l i e d r e s e a r c h a n d development of basic research.

- Agricultural research

of development

of development, it cannot be disassociated the

of

o f of development.

of science, of methods

of techniques which, once they have

~

conditions, made available to

a of

a

its a n d

is

1. General process in agricultural research The of new techniques is by

by technology it is

to t h e of t h e as well as to study the economic society.

it a

which basic and

with the dissemination of by

2. General research program 1986-1989

a

of which is given below,

of the is linked to the national plans intensifying by t h e

- of

-

of basic - the most effective

-

is

by of the economy

involved with development.

At the national level,

which to of t h e

the

As two bodies

of this activity:

- the of

-

1. Agricultural and fisheries sector of

conducts

-

-

-

-

-Technical

-

- Technical

-

-

establishments, with financial autonomy, and

is by a

of consisting of

of

(CFVA).

A. The research system of the agricultural sector

This system is made up of

of ^'

- of

- technical institutes;

- of

for Agronomic

stations, is of As such, it

of common the technical institutes, such as g e n e t i c s , p l a n t a n d a n i m a l p h y s i o l o g y ,

economy and sociology.

A t its of

of its of

. activities is upon the following:

- follow-up of

- on of saline soils;

-

-

-

the technical institutes.

of the technical

institutes is to

of

of

- of

-

techniques;

- t h e of basic plant

- of t h e a b o v e

of

in charge of prevention and control programs

of

of and

of and domestic animals pests.

capacity, they following activities:

at of

- of e p i d e m i c

sheep-pox, etc.

B. Functioning of the agricultural system for orientation, coordination and consultation

of a t t h e

level, the of

is

by two specialized institutions

of of

-

- National (CNVA).

the institute in managing to

and All of

of execution of

five

-

-

-

-

-

:

-

- of new

- and animal selection;

- economics and sociology;

- science;

as well as a documentation and communications

At of development, only the

of sociology

to

soils, bioclimatology).

dissemination of which the

l

as is

institutes -'as

hments with financial autonomy

-

by the State.

of its type of status is

view of changing it into an economic type of

status, which would State subsidies.

2. The

field of

which within:

- and,

- of Science and Technology

Zones biology

a t t h e by a

set Education. I

endowed which a scientific

council own, the funds which

disposal by they attached ^-

Globally of these

units come following headings:

-

- of

techniques,

- seed and plant pathology,

-

zones,

- zones (evolution

of soils),

of

exploitation of local animal and food

- economical use of

- of

-

- of palm plantations:

bayou, pedology,

of

of zones, fixation of dunes, biology of

options

of to - camelines.

-

- ecosystems: phytosociology,

ecosystems:

phytocenoses, - silting up (sand).

- Organizational framework of research and institutional relations

General organizational framework

Scientific is

by the 1983 texts (emanating the on

which instituted the following:

-

of which is

of development and to of

utilization of mobilized -

of economic

- t h e s t a t u s of

auspices the Commission constituted.

1985 and at the beginning of 1986,

with a n of existing t h e national human scientific potential, constitutes

of

of annual and by the

of

to of

which specified

subject to by

its of

Assembly.

2. relations

A. Within the agricultural sector As mentioned above, of

of following:

-

'

~ Extension of on the one hand,

- and the National Council on Extension, attached

to on

Finally, i t should be noted that these institutes of the Scientific Council on of

is

within each Technical Committee constituted i n the institutes.

B. ter-sectorial level of to

its m'ain

institutes of ⁱ

of and

.set up and thus in the of

the development of activities in the following fields: soil t h e p a l m a n d d a t e p l a n t a t i o n s ; a n d t h e phytosociology of the steppe and its

of of i n its Scientific Council, and vice v e r s a ,

of each technical institute in the

Scientific Committee of of which by the activities of each institute.

to be

the. of

a t

- ^{f o r} a g r i c u l t u r a l research

As

1. potential in research

involved in the national

of 450

to which one should add about 135 technicians.

of to the

of

this document.

This is the one hand, by the

statutes of the technical corps of

of a statute that would

on by the

s t a t u t e of

come

- -

by to in the economic

- -

by the of

As

1245

of (Annex 1).

2. and research stations As a whole,

- 31 as

is

institutions of but mainly used

- 68

mainly i n

of

(Annex 2 and Annex 3. Financial resources

of

is almost exclusively (80% of t h e of

methods and of

statutes.

The equipment budget is how

built between 1974 and 19801, and is by a

of facilities) and

4. assistance

the field of

options

A.

specialized institutions of the United Nations system, the EEC, the and

U n i t e d N a t i o n s Food (FAO)

is cycle of

- of

(TTAFV);

-

-

- of

- of

\

U n i t e d N a t i o n s E d u c a t i o n a l , S c i e n t i f i c and A

of

development of assistance and activities of t h e El-Golea

of

These consist of

of -

of ;

- of the bayou

-

of of

to the development of

consultations and by as well as

B.

is to its

is by

USA;

Canada; and the

5.

-

field of

by of

magnitude.

The need was thus felt to set up two institutions in of of scientific and technical

:

As as publications i t should be noted that the Annuls of

AZgérie Verte of the

of be

published again.

V - of research in a cooperative framework

of

of

which is to of

populations as well as a economic

of view, a asset the science of

which bound to be by the show the need to set - institutional exchanges, on a well- This coùld only be beneficial a t a

when food blackmail is still being used in of the globe.

us the occasion to

l

1. Themes of common interest

- in view of

of of

and pulses (a gene bank

of acceptable quality

of mountain cattle;

- of the steppe

and the development of - the development of

zones,

2. Training researchers

The human investment which constitutes the

of should be

of young the following:

- t h e e x c h a n g e of possibilities

of

of the

- of specialized on

as a common

3. and exchanges

is obvious that scientific documentation, the exchange of

of the ties This activity, which is at

should be developed of

(of the type) on specific themes.

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