• 1954 On June 27, in Insein Township, It was established in Gyogone as the Agricultural Research Temple.
• In 1971, Mandalay Division; Pyinmana Township Relocated to Yezin.
• Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation; It was established as a branch of Myanmar Agriculture Enterprise in 2004. January On the 27th, it was formed as the Department of Agricultural Research.
• 2016 From April 1, agriculture, It became the Department of Livestock and Irrigation.
• 1954 On June 27, in Insein Township, The Agricultural Research Temple in Gyogone has five branches: (1) Administrative Division; (2) Agriculture Division; (3) Department of Agricultural Chemistry; (4) Pest Division and (5) Plant Disease Division were formed with 16 officers and (99) staff.
• The rice research activities will be carried out by the Department of Crops in competition with local and foreign varieties of rice and experiments on cultivation methods. The Department of Botany carried out hybrid rice farming.
• Yar Kyaw-1 Yar Kayw-2 and C 4-63 rice varieties were the result of research at that time.
• Aiming to carry out multi-crop research, including field crops, instead of cultivating only paddy crops, In 1971, Mandalay Division; Pyinmana Township Relocated to Yezin.
• Rice research activities include breeding; Testing of farming methods; This includes the collection of local paddy varieties and the multiplication of basic varieties (1).
• In the 1970s, cross-breeding breeds in Gyogone continued to be selected, and Shwe Wah Tun and Sein Talay paddy varieties were obtained and started production.
• Local varieties collected prior to the establishment of the Seed Bank were retained on an annual basis and transferred to the Seed Bank in 1990.

Objective

• To develop ‌adapted high yield and good quality crop varieties to diverse agro-eco system and to disseminate innovative agricultural science and technology along with continuous capacity building for researchers.