Agricultural Research Council (ARC)

Industry

Crop protection, Seeds & genetics, Veterinary

Topics

Hybrid seeds & crop breeding, GM traits & gene editing, Crop protection chemicals & fertilizers, Gene synthesis, sequencing & bio-tools

Role

Research / RTO — “…ica’s national agricultural research organization with a network of 11 research campuses and laboratories nati…”

Parent / group

Department of Agriculture (South Africa)

Why it is bioeconomy

The Agricultural Research Council is a South African public research institution focused on agricultural science, technology development, and innovation to support the agricultural sector.

Not yet cited as a supplier in a graded solution.

Subsidiaries: Onderstepoort Veterinary Research campus

• 2026-09 Latest status: The ARC and its Board agreed to allow private sector companies to license its intellectual property for large-scale manufacturing of its Foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccine in September 2026. ↗ ↗ ↗
• 2026-09-21 Minister Willie Aucamp announces private sector to assist in local FMD vaccine production | South African Government
  The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) will license its Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine IP to qualifying private companies to manufacture at large scale under conditional agreements, while ARC continues expanding its own production capacity and …
• 2026-09-22 Private sector to help scale up ARC FMD vaccine | SAnews
  The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) has received approval to allow qualified private companies to use its intellectual property to manufacture FMD vaccine at large scale, aiming to relieve current production constraints while ARC expands its own capacity. …
• 2026-09-28 An inspiring journey in FMD vaccine development with Faith Peta | SAnews
  The ARC (Agricultural Research Council) is a South African entity under the National Department of Agriculture that develops and manufactures specialised veterinary vaccines, including the locally produced Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine, and aims to …
• 2026-10-04 Farm & Livestock News Africa
  The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) is the source of South Africa’s locally developed foot-and-mouth disease vaccine; the government plans to enable private companies to license ARC’s IP to boost manufacturing capacity and national biosecurity.
• 2026-09-24 Govt gets private sector on board to manufacture FMD vaccines
  The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) will allow qualifying private companies to use its IP to manufacture the ARC-developed foot-and-mouth disease vaccine at scale, boosting production alongside the ARC’s own manufacturing capacity.
• 2026-08-12 How a R1.2 billion funding gap is delaying South Africa's FMD vaccine production
  The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) is rebuilding South Africa’s local FMD vaccine production, operating an interim 200-litre system that currently yields up to 20,000 vaccine doses weekly, with plans to upgrade to a 1,000-litre facility to reach about …

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