Presentation by Naik Szandra Megyery (NAIK) at the 2016 annual meeting of the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD).

1. National Agricultural
Research and Innovation
Centre (NAIK)
Hungary
The Future of Demand- led
Research and Innovation
2016 EFARD Annual Technical Meeting
29 November 2016

2. Total area: 9.304 M ha
Agricultural: 5.783 M ha

3. NAIK was established
by the integration of governmental RDI capacities
of the Hungarian agricultural sector
on January 1, 2014.
It is the flagship research organisation
of the Ministry of Agriculture

4. Main public tasks of NAIK
- developing and executing practice-oriented programs contributing to the increase
and sustainable development of the competitiveness of Hungarian agro-economy;
- analyzing and evaluating the relations of agricultural production processes and
environment, with special regard to the effects of climate change;
- participating in the research, maintenance and further development of biological
bases;
- supplying producers with high quality, pathogen-free propagation materials;
- developing control methods, with special regard to the examination of the origin and
quality of basic materials and foodstuff;
- performing duration experiments, running monitoring systems, maintaining
databases;

5. - supporting the dissemination and use of up-to-date production methods by
providing advisory and information services, in cooperation with professional
bodies;
- giving technical support to the national institutions providing education,
training in agriculture and food industry;
- maintaining contact with national, foreign and international institutions,
with special regard to the research institutes of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences, the Hungarian higher education institutions and the scientific
organisations of the European Union;
- assisting the propagation of healthy nutrition among Hungarian population.
Main public tasks of NAIK

6. NAIK conducts high-quality basic and applied research and
development activities in the following fields:
- plant and animal biotechnology/genetics;
- animal breeding, reproduction and nutrition;
- fisheries and aquaculture;
- food and meat science;
- plant and vegetable production;
- viticulture and enology;
- forest research and management;
- climate change and biodiversity;
- agroenvironmental research and technologies;
- agricultural engineering.

7. NAIK institutes
- Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (ABC)
- Agro-environmental Research Institute (AERI)
- Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and
Meat Science (ATK)
- Forest Research Institute (ERTI)
- Fruitculture Research Institute (FRI)
- Food Science Research Institute (FSRI)
- Research Institute for Fisheries and Aquaculture (HAKI)
- Institute of Agricultural Engineering (MGI)
- Research Institute of Viticulture and Enology (RIVE)
- Research Department of Irrigation and Water
Management (ÖVKI)
- Vegetable Crop Research Department (ZÖKO)
- Plant Breeding Research Department ( NÖKO)

8. NAIK missions in
Africa:
Algeria
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Morocco
Tunisia
South Africa - GCARD3
Source: http://map2611.416nvr.com/africa-map-countries/

9. Algerian missions
Signing the agreement between INRAA and
NAIK in October 2016
Agreement between INRF and NAIK
was also signed during this mission in
October 2016
The Hungarian flag was also at the
international agricultural exhibition in Algir

10. Tunisia mission in October 2016
Tunisian Hungarian Partnership
General Director of NAIK – October 2016
Director of NAIK Forest Research
Institute with colleagues from
Tunisian Partnership
Tunisian market 2016

11. Morocco mission

12. Mission to Kenya in April, 2016
Testing wheat genotypes in the nursery
Director of NAIK with colleagues
from KALRO
MOU was signed between NAIK and KALRO,
ICRAF and ILRI

13. Mission to Kenya in April, 2016
Serious wheat rust
Offsprings of crossbreeds
(Holstein friesian and Sahiwal)

14. Mission to
Ivory Coast
in May 2016

15. Russia
Belarus
Ukraine
Moldova
EU
countries
Turkey
Jordan
Egypt
Morocco
Israel Iran
Former Yugoslavian
countries
Young generations: Success starts with
the young researchers , they can build
relationship lasting for decades.
Young researchers from Rwanda visiting NAIK Irrigation Department

16. Stipendium
Hungaricum
program since 2013 -
Study in Hungary
Source:
https://www.sundaypost.com
Source:
http://s.inyourpocket.com
Students from the following
African countries are welcome to
apply:
Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco,
Namibia, Nigeria and Tunisia.

17. Thank you for your kind attention