The National Center for Food Technology (CNTA) is a State Food Technology Research and Development Institution, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Created by Decree No. 100/075 of May 21, 1993, and reviewed by Decree No. 100/055 of April 17, 1993, and reviewed by Decree No. 100/055 of April 17, 1998. It has a personalized administration with autonomous management and its own assets.

Its mission is to:
- Promote research and development in Food Technology
- Promote agro-food micro-enterprises and SMEs through the transfer, dissemination and popularization of technologies
- Contribute to the food security of the population by promoting agricultural and animal products

To this end, it values traditional and artisanal methods of storing, preserving, processing, packaging and packaging food with a particular emphasis on post-harvest technology for food crops.
It has a database allowing it to assist developers in the selection of equipment and machines necessary for the preservation and processing of food products.
It contributes to the resolution of problems that may arise during the installation and operation of the units.
It ensures the administration of research, experimentation and promotion programs whose management is entrusted to it by third parties.
It collaborates with public and private organizations as well as individuals interested in evaluating, researching and disseminating the results of its research.

It provides training and retraining in the maintenance and installation of food equipment.
It ensures the popularization and transfer of technological processes in a real environment.
He is the institutional focal point of the CHM-Burundians contributing to the implementation of the Convention on Biodiversity, responsible for providing information related to the transformation of biological resources.