The Agricultural Scientific Information & Documentation Center(ASIDC) was established in 1975. In 2001, after the merge of the two Ministries of Agriculture and Jihad Construction , the  Agricultural Scientific Information & Documentation Center(ASIDC) and the Jihad Scientific Information Services have also been merged together.

 ASTI compiles, analyzes, and publicizes data on institutional developments, investments, and capacity trends in agricultural R&D in low- and middle-income countries worldwide. ASTI comprises a network of national, regional, and international agricultural R&D agencies and is hosted and facilitated by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 

Iranian Organization Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization