PROF. MARIAN DORCAS QUAIN APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL (DDG) OF CSIR

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has appointed Professor (Mrs.) Marian Dorcas Quain, a Chief Research Scientist with the CSIR-Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI) as its new Deputy Director-General (DDG)

Welcome to Crops Research Institute

CRI has a broad research mandate covering all food and industrial crops. These include maize, rice, Cowpea, soybean and groundnut. Others are Cassava, Yam, Cocoyam, Sweetpotato, Vegetables and Fruit crops, plantain and bananas.

Certified Ultra Modern Biotechnology Lab

Measures to curb the spread of covid 19

The Safety Measures will help ensure early case detection of all suspected cases

Improving agriculture productivity with improved technologies

HIGH-YIELDING HYBRID MAIZE VARIETIES RELEASED BY CSIR-CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Five (5) high-yielding hybrid maize varieties developed by scientists from the CSIR-Crops Research Institute, have all been approved and recommended for release