Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center was established in 1953 under the then Alemaya Agricultural College, now Harmaya University.The Center was then transferred to the then Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organizationin 1984.Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center (DZARC) is mandated for the improvement of tef, durum wheat, chickpea, lentil, forage crops, vegetables (shallot and garlic), fruits (grapevine), poultry, dairy, small ruminants, animal nutrition, and land and water.