The National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA)

Abstract

The National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) is a member of the National Science and Technology System and its mission is to “promote agri-food technological innovation to optimize the production function in the national agri-food system, under the communal social structure, within the framework of the socialist agrarian model”. For this reason, the INIA works on the generation of agricultural knowledge and technologies, in the search for new solutions to the problems of the Venezuelan countryside and in this way contribute to the sovereignty and agri-food security of the country.