SWOT Analysis is the most renowned tool for audit and analysis of the overall strategic position of the business and its environment. Its key purpose is to identify the strategies that will create a firm specific business model that will best align an organization’s resources and capabilities to the requirements of the environment in which the firm operates. In other words, it is the foundation for evaluating the internal potential and limitations and the probable/likely opportunities and threats from the external environment. It views all positive and negative factors inside and outside the firm that affect the success. A consistent study of the environment in which the firm operates helps in forecasting/predicting the changing trends and also helps in including them in the decision-making process of the organization.

Following is the SWOT analysis of the Agriculture Research Station; Kohat (ARS, Kohat).which will reveal the Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.

 

Strengths:

v  Highly skilled scientific and technical staff.

v  Excellent collaboration with other research institutes e.g. PARC, NIFA, NRC and collaboration with local and national NGO’s.

v  Government funded public sector organization.

v  Large area for on field crop experiments.

v  Usage of modern way of farming.

 

ARS Kohat has professional and significantly skilled scientific and technical staff. On field crop experiments are continue through the year and scientific staff are looking over the experiments for any further enhancement and care.

Large area for farming is available for crop experiments, which allows the station research officers to carry on the multiple experiments at same time. Availability of modern agriculture equipments ease research officers to in their crop experiments.

 

Collaboration with other research institutes allows them to share their experiments observation with them and take help from them. Collaboration with local and national NGO’s transferring the benefits of station research at provincial and national level.

ARS Kohat is governments funded public sector organization; therefore budget is allocated by government.