Plant Resources Department
Mandate of the Department: The Plant Resources Department’s mandate is to contribute to the functions of the Council by providing technical advice and supervision of crops-based researches for increased productivity, nutrition, food security and economic development.
There are nine (9) crop-based research institutes under the purview of the department distributed according to the geopolitical zones as follows:
- North East : National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Baddeggi
- North-West : Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR), Zaria
- North-Central : Lake Chad Research Institute (LCRI), Maiduguri
- South-East : National Roots Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike
- South-West : Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Ibadan
: Institute for Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan
: National Horticultural Research Institute, Ibadan
f. South-South : Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria (RRIN), Benin
: Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Benin
2. Divisions under Plant Resources Department: