TUNISIA 1
INSTITUTION NAME AND MAIN ADDRESS
COUNTRY Tunisia
INSTITUTION NAME “Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie” (INRAT)
MAIN ADDRESS INRAT, Rue Hédi Karray 2049 Ariana, Tunis (Tunisia) (IRESA data)

Web: www.iresa.agrinet.tn/fr/instit/p_inrat.htm

Tel: +216 71 23 00 24 / 71 23 02 39

Fax: (216) 71 752 897

Email: bo.inrat@iresa.agrinet.tn
DESCRIPTION
AREA 10 ha
LATITUDE 36, 87 º N
LONGITUDE 9, 96 º E
ALTITUDE 10 m
PRECIPITATION 170 mm
INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTION
STATUS State. It depends on the IRESA (Institut de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles), which depends on the Ministry of Agriculture
INSTITUTION TYPE Botanic Garden and Research Center
DATE FOUNDED 1913 (IRESA data), 1919 (BGCI data)
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Acer, Allium, Crataegus, Betula, Lonicera, Rosa, Thalictrum. Flora of Western Europe, USSR, Crimea and the Caucasus, Western Asia and Middle East Siberia, Far East, The Tropics
TAXA 700
PROGRAMMES • Research Programs in horticulture, taxonomy, seed propagation, acclimatization, ecology
• Education Programs, with special focus on children
• No training Programs
FEATURES AND FACILITIES • Research facilities (7)
• 1 greenhouse of 460 square meters
• Herbarium (2,000 specimens)
• Laboratory research programs
• Biennial list of seeds, including wild seed
• Catalog
MAIN DEFICIENCIES • Collections preserved
• Horticultural Herbarium
• 1 Arboretum which was previously in the garden and is currently outside the institution
OTHER INFORMATION Open to the public daily
SOURCES CONSULTED Web:www.iresa.agrinet.tn/fr/instit/p_inrat.htm

www.anpe.nat.tn/arboretum/INRAT.htm

www.bgci.org

www.cbd.int

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