农科院 is the ubiquitous abbreviation for
农业科学院.
中国农业科学院 (CAAS, founded 1957) is the national flagship, while every province runs its own
省农科院. These institutes drive Chinese crop breeding — including the hybrid rice work associated with
袁隆平 (at Hunan's
湖南杂交水稻研究中心, a CAAS partner).