National Tea & High Value Crops Research Institute (NTHRI) is working under the auspices of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Ministry of National Food Security & Research (MNFS&R), Islamabad. It was established in 1986 as National Tea Research Station (NTRS)on 50 acres of land in District Mansehra (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and upgraded to the level of Institute in 1996. The Institute was again re-organized during 2013 as National Tea & High Value Crops Research Institute (NTHRI) for the promotion of horticultural crops in addition to tea.