Background
Elobeid Research Station (ERS) was established through a fund jointly provided by USAID and the World Bank to serve the small scale farmers dominating the traditional rain fed sector of North Kordofan State under then autonomous Western Sudan Agricultural Research Project (WSARP). The station was functional since 1983/1984 cropping season and was integrated to ARC in 1988 with the same research mandate. The main campus accommodates staff houses; offices; Laboratories (Agronomy and plant breeding, animal and range sciences, soil and water, and plant protection); Regional tree seed center; Regional gene bank; Main library; Conference hall; Computer hall; Senior guest house; Nurseries; and a nearby Research farm for crops. Aldamokiya Acacia senegal experimental forest that accommodates provenanaces of diverse genetic backgrounds collected from Gam Arabic Belt across the country is the largest acacia senegal gene genepool of its kind worldwide. Bano and Wad Albagha research farms are allocated for horticultural and range research, respectively.