Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), was established in Ibadan, Oyo State, on 1st December, 1964 as a successor autonomous research organization to the Nigerian substation of the defunct West African Cocoa Research Institute (WACRI) (Through the Nigeria Statute, Act No. 6 of 1950)
This was sequel to the establishment in 1944 of the headquarters of the said WACRI at Tafo, Ghana with responsibility to conduct research to facilitate improved production of disease-free, or disease-resistant cocoa.
By virtue of the Nigerian Research Institutes Act No. 33 of 1964, the scope of CRIN was expanded beyond that of WACRI to include research on kola and coffee in addition to cocoa. In 1975, by the Agricultural Research Institutes (Establishments, etc). Order No. 107 under the Agricultural Research Decree No. 35 of 1973, the scope of CRIN research activities was further enlarged to include cashew and tea. Consequently, CRIN today has mandate to conduct research on five crops, namely, cocoa, kola, coffee, cashew and tea throughout the country. According to the enabling Decree aforementioned, the expressed objectives of CRIN mandate on these five crops are:
(i) Improvement of the genetic potential, agronomic and husbandry practices,
including processing and storage of the crops,
(ii) Identification of the ecology and methods of control of pests and diseases
affecting the crops,
(iii) Investigating the effective utilization of the crops and their by-products, and the
feasibility of small-scale production of such end-use products,
(iv) Integration of the cultivation of the mandate crops into farming system where
each crop is grown by farmers,
(v) Translation of research results and improved technologies into practice among
farmers and manufacturers in order to improve production and socio-economic
life of the people.Organisation
CRIN is organised into nine Divisions comprising of technical/research and services
Divisions, namely:
(i) Research (R),
(ii) End-Uses Research (EUR),
(iii) Extension and Agricultural Economics (E& AE),
(iv) Planning, Budgeting, Monitoring and Training (PBM&T),
(v) Administration and Supplies,
(vi) Finance and Accounts,
(vii) Internal Audit,
(viii) Library, Information and Documentation and
(ix) Engineering and Works.
These Divisions are responsible to the Executive Director who in turn is also responsible to the Institute’s Governing Board and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The Institute maintains a bi-lateral relationship with international organizations that deal with cocoa and some of its other mandate crops.Also, it has linkages with other National Agricultural Research Institutes (NARIs), States and National agencies through which its technologies are disseminated.
Address: P.M.B. 5244 Ibadan, Oyo State.
Phone: +234 22 410040
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