Animal Research Institute

ARI has been part of the National Agricultural Research Foundation (N.AG.RE.F.)

since 1990 and it is located on 3.5 square kilometres of farmland in Paralimni-Giannitsa, Northern Greece.

The ARI promotes research and technological activities aiming at an integrated approach to deal with rural problems within the framework of national agricultural policy and the agricultural policy of the European Union (EU).

The ARI supports and coordinates initiatives for development suggested by the Ministry of Rural Development and Food,[1] Greek Universities and Institutions, the agricultural cooperatives, product distributors, producers’ groups etc.

The ARI’s area is 3.5 square kilometres of agricultural land, out of it 3.2 km² of arable land with cropping plan focused on preferential provisions of experiments and 0.3 km² with facilities for experiments with cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry.