International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Act.

This Act provides for the establishment of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture as a body corporate. The general responsibility of the Institute is to undertake studies of and research into tropical agriculture and to provide information thereon to authorized representatives of governments or to persons/organizations interested in agriculture. In particular, the Institution shall pursue the following objectives in carrying out its research: increasing output and improving quality of tropical food crops; providing professional training; publishing research findings; distributing improved plant materials to other research centres; to establish and operate an information centre and to hold conferences. The remainder of the Act concerns financial, administrative and organizational matters.