Since its founding, the university has realized the importance of scientific research and its role in developing societies, considering that one of its tasks is to keep up with excellence, achieve a social incentive towards research and discovery, and support the necessary means for that. The university has given special attention to scientific research, and has established research centers, including the Iraqi Center of Sugarcane Research, which is responsible for supporting academic research, as it is one of the goals of development and technological progress. The role played by the Iraqi Center of Sugarcane Research in spreading human knowledge can be understood through its constant endeavor to develop scientific activities locally and globally. The research center has focused extensively on developing its tools, so that the research includes many specializations, with the need to emphasize unified and comprehensive courses. The Iraqi Center of Sugarcane Research aimed to assist faculty members at the university in order to develop their scientific research and raise its standard, reaching universality and enhancing human knowledge. To achieve this, the Iraqi Center of Sugarcane Research provides researchers with all the necessary latest tools and programs that help them produce research in the best possible way. The responsibilities undertaken by the Iraqi Center of Sugarcane Research are as follows: – Publishing original research proposals, studies, books and translations. – Issuing a peer-reviewed scientific journal entitled (Iraqi Journal of Sugarcane Research). – Encouraging faculty members and other researchers and urging them to conduct innovative scientific research, and providing research means and capabilities for them, especially those who are full-time academics, and enabling them to complete their research in an appropriate scientific environment. – Holding seminars, workshops, training courses and scientific conferences. – Diversifying the sources of scientific research among faculty members and graduate students at the university. – Encouraging faculty members to write and publish. – Encouraging and supporting research partnerships locally and internationally. – Proposing regulations, rules and procedures regulating the movement of scientific research at the university. The Iraqi Center for Sugarcane Research seeks to achieve the vision, mission and goals with the direct support of the President of the University. Professor Dr. Nadir Flayh Ali Almubarak Director of the Iraqi Center of Sugarcane Research
Vision, mission and goals of the Iraqi Center of Sugarcane Research
Vision
Manufacturing sugar, biofuels and secondary industries from sugarcane, achieving sustainable development and facing challenges in order to advance the cultivation and manufacturing of the crop to the highest global levels.
Mission
Benefiting Iraqi society through the prosperity of the sugar juice industry and access to safe, healthy food, developing the livestock sector with the feed it produces for ruminants and poultry, reducing imports of other non-food products such as organic fertilizers, biochar, biofertilizer, etc., improving the environment and reducing water consumption through the use of scientific techniques. Modern
Goals
1 1 . Introducing and developing new varieties of the crop that are highly productive, resistant to pests, suitable for environmental conditions, and treat desertification.
2. Study and prepare technical packages to improve agricultural transactions to reach the highest productivity Quantitatively and qualitatively.
3. Providing training opportunities for the center’s employees and postgraduate students and creating close links with specialized research and academic bodies at home and abroad to transfer what is modern and useful to the industry .
4. Providing the necessary infrastructure to conduct research on the sugarcane crop, and enriching scientific research in the agricultural and industrial fields.
5. Support and encourage Iraqi researchers to research and develop sugarcane.