Portfolio Category Programmes

FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH EXTENSION AND SOCIO-ECONOMICS

Mandate: To carry out farming systems research, extension and socio- economics activities aimed at reducing malnutrition, enhancing smallholder-farmers’ income and job creation by maintaining effective linkages between research scientists and farmers for technology development and transfer of innovations for adoption…

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (RUBBER TECHNOLOGY)

Mandate: To conduct research into the storage, preservation, processing and utilization of natural  rubber; quality of natural rubber and processing technology; rubber based products and technology developments; rubber quality control, certification and management systems; rubber effluent utilization and management processes…

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (END USE)

Mandate: To conduct research into processing, preservation, storage and industrial utilization of natural rubber, Gum arabic and its ancillary products including rubber seeds, wood and any other problem associated to them Assistant Director &Programme Leader Dr. Efosa O. Obazee Profile…