Considering the utility and importance of technical institutions and research centres, a close collaboration and effective networking would help in conducting capacity building and poverty alleviation programmes. It would also help in recognising and addressing the pressing needs and exchanging the experiences for the benefit of rural communities in the AARDO member countries. The strengthening of institutions would help in i) training of trainers; ii) linking projects to those institutions that can supply specific training activities and inputs according to the needs; iii) exposing local institutions to teaching material and methods; and iv) facilitating networking among research and training institutions and between the institutions and their clients. The strengthening would involve provision of equipment, training and research material. Thus, the centres of excellence would be strengthened under this programme during the triennium 2021 - 2023 and the extended year of 2024. Following is the list of AARDO's Centres of Excellence:
| S.No |
Name of Institutes / Centres | | 1. |
Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Comilla, Bangladesh |
| 2. |
Rural Development Academy (RDA), Bogra, Bangladesh
|
| 3. |
International Center for Land Policy Studies & Training (ICLPST), Taiwan, R. O. China |
| 4. |
International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF), Taiwan, R. O. China |
| 5. |
Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA), Cairo, Egypt |
| 6. |
Desert Research Centre (DRC), Cairo, Egypt |
| 7. |
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), India |
| 8. |
National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD & PR), India |
| 9. |
National Institute of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NIMSME), India |
| 10. |
South India Textile Research Association (SITRA), India |
| 11. |
Central Fertilizer Quality Control and Training Institute (CFQCTI), India |
| 12. |
Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE), India
|
| 13. |
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML), India |
| 14. |
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), India |
| 15. |
Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), India |
| 16. |
Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), India |
| 17. |
Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (CCS NIAM), India |
| 18. |
Rural Community-International Education and Exchange Centre (RC-IEEC), R. O. Korea
|
| 19. |
Yeungnam University, R. O. Korea |
| 20. |
Food and Agriculture Officers Training Institute (FATI), R. O. Korea |
| 21. |
Institute for Rural Advancement (INFRA), Malaysia |
| 22. |
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) Malaysia |
| 23. |
National School of Agriculture, Meknes (NAS), Morocco |
| 24. |
Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Nigeria |
| 25. |
Akhtar Hamid Khan National Centre for Rural Development (AHK-NCRD), Islamabad, Pakistan |
| 26. |
COMSATS University of Islamabad (CUI), Pakistan |
| 27. |
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), The Philippines |
| 28. |
The AVRDC-East and South - East Asia Centre, Thailand |
| 29. | Mulungushi University (MU), Zambia |
| 30. | Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) |
| 31. | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) |
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