About
The Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute (ISRA) has the specificity of carrying out research in four production areas (plants, animals, forestry, fisheries) and on socio-economy, which gives it its agricultural vocation in the broad sense.

The institute operates in the six eco-geographic zones of Senegal thanks to a dense infrastructural device made up of regional centers, national laboratories, research and production units and Support Points for Pre-Extension and Multilocal Experiments ( PAPEM).

Status: Public scientific and technological establishment (EPST)

Creation date: 04 November 1974

Managing Director: Dr Momar Talla Seck

Headquarters: Bel Air Route des Hydrocarbons, Dakar, Senegal

Research areas:

- HEALTH AND ANIMAL PRODUCTION
- VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
- FOREST PRODUCTION
- FISH PRODUCTION
- RURAL SOCIO-ECONOMY