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Department of Agricultural Finance and Cooperation Research
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In 1958, with the increasing interest in the field of agricultural economics and statistics, the Agricultural Economics and Legislation Research Department at the Ministry of Agriculture was transformed into the Agricultural Economics and Statistics Department, and it includes in its composition eight sub-units, including the Agricultural Finance Unit. The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AERI) started under the umbrella of the Agricultural Research Centre (ARC) that was established back in 1971., the agricultural finance sub-unit was transformed into the Agricultural Finance and Cooperation Research Department within the departments of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute. The Department of Agricultural Finance and Cooperation Research is distinguished as one of the main pillars of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute, as the department is unique in the subtle and rare specialization that is not available even in the agricultural economics departments of the Faculties of Agriculture at the level of Egyptian universities and includes since its inception a distinguished elite of scientists and researchers who have influenced the research work in The agricultural field in general, and agricultural finance and cooperation in particular.
The department seeks to provide a stimulating scientific environment in the specialization of finance, investment and agricultural cooperation, and to develop the skills of the members of the research body and their assistants, which qualifies them to be distinguished specialists with the expertise, knowledge and applied research skills necessary for the development of the Egyptian agricultural sector. And become a distinguished center for education and scientific research in the field of agricultural finance, investment and cooperation, and to meet the needs of the financing and credit services industry for the agricultural sector in general and agriculture in particular, and to work towards achieving sustainable development, thus enhancing the role of the Agricultural Research Center in achieving its mission.

Department of Agricultural Finance and Cooperation Research includes three research units:
- Agricultural Finance Research Unit
- Agricultural Cooperation Unit
- Aggregation and Agricultural Exploitation Research Unit