The Institute of Shanxi Organic Dryland Farming at Shanxi Agricultural University (SXAU) is a newly established, directly affiliated research institution organized by Shanxi Agricultural University and Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The institute mainly conducts basic and applied research, technology development, dryland water-saving application and integration of technology and machinery, drought-resistant germplasm resource research and breeding, and agricultural waste recycling and utilization.
The institute includes the provincial key disciplines of Agricultural Ecology, Dryland Water Saving Agricultural Technology Research and Innovation Team (MARA), and the Dryland Water Saving Farming Crops Efficient Water Use of Shanxi Province Science and Technology Innovation Key Team. It also has platforms such as the Dryland Water Saving Technology National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory on East of the Loess Plateau, the Shanxi Key Laboratory of Organic Dryland Farming, and the Jinzhong Observation Experiment of National Agricultural Environment.
The institute employs 63 full-time staff members and has eight research divisions: Dryland Water Saving and Equipment, Conservation Tillage, Drought-Resistant Physiology and Ecology, Molecular Breeding, Germplasm Improvement, Functional Microbes, Biomass Utilization, and Environmental Observation Experiment. The Organic Dryland Farming Popular Science Education Base is accredited by the Association for Science and Technology in Shanxi Province.
More information: https://www.sxau.edu.cn/en/Institutes/Institute_of_Shanxi_Organic_Dryland_Farming.htm.
