Country Profile - Mauritius

 

 

 

 

Researchers

Category

Supervising agency

Executing agency

Research focus

Head count

FTEs

Year

Government

Food and Agricultural Research Council (FARC)

Banana & plantains, ornamentals

5

2.5

2000

 

Food and Agricultural Research Council (FARC)

Agricultural Research & Extension (AREU)

Crops, livestock, natural resources

44

26.4

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ministry of Agriculture, Food Technology and Natural Resources

Agronomy Division

Vegetables, tobacco, hydroponics

5

2.5

2000

 

 

Horticulture Division

Vegetables, fruits, ornamentals

8

4.0

2000

 

 

Plant Pathology Division

Crop pest & disease control

6

1.8

2000

 

 

Entomology Division

Crop pest & disease control

11

5.5

2000

 

 

Agricultural Development Division

Socio-economics

2

0.2

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ministry of Fisheries

Albion Fisheries Research Centre (AFRC)

Fisheries

55

16.5

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-profit

Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute

Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute (MSIRI)

Sugarcane

82

82.0

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higher Education

University of Mauritius (UoM)

Faculty of Agriculture

Crops, livestock, pastures & forages

16

4.8

2000

 

 

Faculty of Engineering: Department of Chemical and Sugar Engineering

Agronomic

2

0.4

2000

 

 

Faculty of Sciences: Department of Biological Sciences

Post harvest, agro-climatic modeling

4

0.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private Enterprises

 

Compagnie Agricole de Labourdonnais

Crops, post harvest

1

1.0

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Allied Groups of Companies

Dairy, poultry, post harvest

na

1.5

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mauritius Deer Farming Cooperative Society Ltd.

Pastures & forages, deer

1

1.0

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mauritius Farms – Beau Climat – Happy World Foods Ltd.

 

N/A

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mauritius Oil Refineries Ltd.

Vegetable oil

3

3.0

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASTI country brief on Mauritius, 2003 (PDF 185K)