Southern Agricultural Research Institute (SARI)

The Southern Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) is a government research institution that was established to serve Southern Regional State of Ethiopia (SRSE) by developing, adapting and promoting agricultural technologies to ensure food security, and sustainable natural resources management.

Regionally SARI coordinates agricultural and natural resources research being conducted by other institutions including universities. Under SARI there are six research centres located across different agro-ecologies and socio-cultures. It has three broad research areas, namely natural resources, crops and livestock researches.