Institute of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development (IAERD) started out as the North-West Research Institute for Economics and Organization of Agriculture that legally superseded the Research Institute for Economics and Organization of Agricultural Production in the RSFSR non-Chernozem zone under the VASHNIL Department for the RSFSR non-Chernozem zone, formed by the Decree of the RSFSR Council of Ministers of September 14, 1977 No.483.
In compliance to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation "About the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences” dated January 30, 1992 No. 84 the united Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences was established based on the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and the Research Institute for Economics and Organization of Agricultural Production in the Russian Federation non-Chernozem zone was transferred to its management.
In accordance with the Order of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences dated January 28, 1998 No. 14 the Research Institute for Economics and Organization of Agricultural Production in the Russian Federation non-Chernozem zone was renamed to the North-West Research Institute of Economics and Organization of Agriculture.
Based on the Federal Law "On the Russian Academy of Sciences, reorganization of State Academies of Sciences and amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation” of September 27, 2013 No. 253-ФЗ and Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 30, 2013 No. 2591-p North-West Research Institute of Economics and Organization of Agriculture was turned over to the management of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations.
By the Decree of the Russian Federation President of May 15, 2018 No. 215: “On the structure of Federal Executive Authorities” and by the Order of the Russian Government of June 27, 2018 No. 1293-р North-West Research Institute of Economics and Organization of Agriculture is transferred to The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation management.
In accordance with the order of The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation of December 18, 2019 No. 1399 North-West Research Institute of Economics and Organization of Agriculture became a structural division of the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and acquired a new name: the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development (IAERD).
