After a period of coordination of agricultural research under National Agricultural Research Coordinating Council (NARCC), the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) established the Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI) through the SLARI Act of Parliament of 2007. SLARI is now the agricultural research and agricultural technology generating body for the benefit of the farming, fishing and forestry sectors and to provide for other related matters. When fully operational, SLARI will be expected to have the following seven research centres:

- Njala Agricultural Research Centre (NARC)
- Rokupr Agricultural Research Centre (RARC)
- Kabala Horticultural Crops Research Centre (KHCRC)
- Teko Livestock Research Centre (TLRC)
- Freetown Fisheries Research Centre (FFRC)
- Kenema Forestry and Tree Crops Research Centre (KFTCRC)
- Magbosi Land and Water Research Centre (MLWRC)