Search form Search Open Menu You are here HomeAboutNIAB todayAbout us About us Independent crop research for all Today NIAB is unique as an independent, science-based crop research organisation, working across plant science, crop evaluation and agronomy, and ensuring these advances are transferred effectively onto farm. NIAB’s establishment in 1919 had a major impact on the UK industry. Never before had agricultural scientists come together under one roof with the aims of: promoting the improvement of existing varieties of crops in the UK. promoting the improvement of methods of husbandry. encouraging the discovery of, investigating, and making known the nature and merits of treatments, inventions, improvements and processes which may benefit the industry. For 100 years, NIAB has worked proudly 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. Our scientific capabilities span the crop improvement pipeline, from the first cross through to the harvested crop and beyond. In recent decades, these core skills have enabled NIAB to expand its R&D activities into new and complementary areas of crop-related innovation, with a focus on applied, translational and adaptive research. NIAB marks its centenary by occupying a unique space in the crop science landscape, spanning the entire crop improvement pipeline – from genetics and pre-breeding to applied agronomy, soil and environmental science, precision farming and knowledge transfer onto farm. NIAB’s impact on 100 years of UK and global agriculture and plant science is wide-ranging with examples including: the development of seed testing and certification the development of variety evaluation accelerating genetic advances in plant breeding the adoption and advancement of modern field trialling techniques fighting the impact of yellow rust NIAB TODAY About us Corporate information Our impact Mission Statement Supporting NIAB PEOPLE 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