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INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO AGRARIO (INIDA)
Mail address PO Box 84, S. Jorge dos Orgãos,
Santiago
Telephone +238 71 1-147 Fax +238
616-384
Sponsoring agency Ministry of Fishery,
Agriculture and Rural Animation
Nature National government
Mission Research, education
Financial support National and international
government organizations, projects
Working languages Portuguese
Scope of interest Agronomy, GIS, horticulture,
wildlife conservation, agroforestry, integrated pest management,
agrometeorology
Research program
Locations S. Jorge dos Orgãos, Tarrafal, S.
Domingos e Fogo
Subjects Quantification of erosion, Improvement of
cassava and sweet potato crops, characterization and
identification of natural vegetation and wild animals
Status Ongoing
Internal Organization
Chief official Dr. Jose Gabriel Vitória Levy,
PhD, President
Divisions Departments of ( I ) Agriculture, (2)
Environmental Sciences, (3) Social Sciences, (4) Education
Division heads (1) Maria Isabel Andrade (MSc), (2)
Maria Tereza Vera-Cruz (MSc), (3) Tito Livio, (4) Jose Maria
Silva (BS)
Professional staff 25
Total staff 197
Facilities
Office 20 offices, 3 laboratories (soil and
water, in vitro culture, crop protection)
Library Special Library with 6,000
books, mostly related to agriculture and soils
Computer catalog Only Publications
about Cape Verde Islands, using CDS-ISIS
Local databases Geographical database
(GIS)
Subcenters Experimental field stations in S.
Domingos, Sta. Cruz, and Tarrafal; regional Office in
Sto. Antão
Exchange Facilities Available; guesthouse
Publications
Serials Investigação Agrária, Vida Rural
Other Maps: Carta hipsométrica da Ilha de
Santiago, Carta de Zonagem Agro-Ecologitu e de Vegetação de
Cabo-Verde, topographic maps of all the islands of Cape Verde
Publications list Available
History
Established in 1979 as Centro de Estudos Agrarios; became
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrário in 1985; renamed in
1993