ISABU is a national institution under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock created by No. B7/11 legislative order of 22 June 1962, mandated to agricultural research to provide Burundian farmers animal and plant performance and appropriate accompanying hardware technologies
its research focuses on the production of high quality seeds, agro-forestry and food trees, erosion control, cattle race improvement techniques, fodder crops, farm profitability, and on organising production by region.