Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization Proclamation No. 79/1997.

This Proclamation provides for the establishment of the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization as an autonomous Government body. This Institute shall coordinate agricultural research activity and build up a research capacity of its own (art. 5). "Agricultural research" means research aiming at improving the production and productivity of plants, animals and natural resources. "Natural resources" is defined as "soil, forest, including water related to agriculture". Powers of the Organization are outlined in detail in article 6. The structure of the Organization shall include a Research Board, a Director-General and agricultural research centres established or to be established by the Federal Government (art. 7).