Search form Search Open Menu You are here HomeAboutPeopleNIAB Trust NIAB Trust The National Institute of Agricultural Botany Trust is a registered charity and owns all land and buildings and has a specific object to support NIAB in the pursuit of its objects including the provision of land, facilities and financial support. The Trust is administered by a Board of Trustees. Dr Charles Looker Mr Jeremy Lewis Mr Richard Pemberton Mr John Elliot Mr Richard Macdonald NIAB TODAY PEOPLE NIAB Executive Team Staff NIAB Board National Institute of Agricultural Botany Trust LOCATIONS CONTACT HISTORY Contact NIAB 93 Lawrence Weaver Road Cambridge CB3 0LE, UK Tel: +44(0)1223 342200 Email: info@niab.com Connect Like us Tweet us Follow us Send us an email NIAB TAG Membership Or sign up to a free NIAB TAG Membership trial © NIAB 2021 Careers Site map Privacy Accessibility Terms and Conditions - services Terms and Conditions - website Sign in

Search form Search Open Menu You are here HomeAboutHistory History NIAB is one of Britain’s oldest agricultural science research centres. It was founded, as the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, in 1919, as a charitable trust, to promote the improvement of British crops. For 100 years, NIAB has worked to improve agricultural and horticultural crop production, bringing together the specialist knowledge, skills and facilities required to understand the performance and quality of agricultural crop varieties and seeds. The original aims within the Trust are as relevant today as they were in 1919: promote the improvement of existing varieties of seeds, plants and crops in the UK; promote the improvement of methods of husbandry for the benefits of agriculture and horticulture; encourage the discovery of, investigating, and making known the nature and merits of treatments, inventions, improvements and processes which may benefit the industry. NIAB - 100 years of plant science Published as part of NIAB's Centenary celebrations in 2019 this unique collection of photos and memories, also available in print form, represents the many aspects of the ‘Institute’ across the decades. It offers a brief insight into the past, present and future; snapshots of the people, crops, equipment and science that have been at the heart of what was originally the ‘National Institute of Agricultural Botany’. A timeline of NIAB's history For a more detailed history of NIAB from 1919 to 1996, available in print form only from NIAB Crop and Seed Improvement - a history of the National Institute of Agricultural Botany 1919-1996 (PS Wellington and Valerie Silvey (1997)) Also available: Genetics, statistics and regulation at the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, 1919-1969. Dominic Berry (2014) - PhD thesis, University of Leeds NIAB TODAY PEOPLE LOCATIONS CONTACT HISTORY Royal Patron Contact NIAB 93 Lawrence Weaver Road Cambridge CB3 0LE, UK Tel: +44(0)1223 342200 Email: info@niab.com Connect Like us Tweet us Follow us Send us an email NIAB TAG Membership Or sign up to a free NIAB TAG Membership trial © NIAB 2021 Careers Site map Privacy Accessibility Terms and Conditions - services Terms and Conditions - website Sign in