Other Names: ASRT
Address: 101 Kaser Al-Aini St
Cairo
Email: Asrt@Asrt.Sci.Eg
Website: http://www.asrt.sci.eg/
Subordinate to: Government of Egypt
Size: Unknown
Primary Function: Performs research in chemical and biological technologies.
History: Established in 1971 by Presidential Decree Number 2405. It was restructured in 1998 by Presidential Decree Number 377.

Activities:
The academy, working with the National Research Centre (NRC), is currently trying to develop natural pesticides against insects from plants. The object of this research is to make these pesticides safe and biodegradable. It is also working with the NRC to develop drugs from Egyptian medicinal plants, which are studied chemically and biologically to determine their biological activities.

In June 2001, the academy signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research by which Egypt and India agreed to cooperate in researching information technology, biotechnology, renewable energy, remote sensing, satellite technology, and nuclear medicine. On 18 April 1994, the academy also signed a framework agreement on scientific and technical cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Section%209/India-Egypt%20Bilateral%20Jan,03.htm>; "Status and Prospects of Biotechnology in the Near East and North Africa," <http://www.fao.org/docrep/V4845E/V4845E0g.htm>; "Egypt," <http://www.polpred.com/en/er/egypt.htm>; "International Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: Egypt"; "Egypt-Conservation and Sustainable use of Medicinal Plants in Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems," Global Environment Facility, 2001, <http://www.gefweb.org/Documents/Project_Proposals_for_Endorsem/
PP_Archives/EGYPT-_Medicinal_Plants.pdf>.

	Updated February 2004