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CRIN Reinvigorates Cocoa, Cashew Research Culture
โขCrises hampering progress have been resolved โExecutive Director
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By Nurudeen Alimi On Sep 6, 2022
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The Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) has emerged from the glooms of inactivity, industrial unrest and dwindling research activities foisted on it by a number of factors in over one decade.
Various administrations of the institute have been distracted by internal industrial unrests, agitations amid dwindling research culture and poor funding.
The impact also reflects on the cocoa productivity in the country.
However, indications have shown that internal industrial crises and demotivation have been overcome as the new administration has adopted some collaborative strategies in the last two years. Hence, industry stakeholders expressed optimism that this would affect the value chain positively.
โOur gates are continually opened for collaborations towards the empowerment of various stakeholders and nation building,โ Executive Director, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Dr. Patrick Adebola, told journalists recently.
CRIN has collaborated with more stakeholders in the last two years on skill acquisition, extension workshops for stakeholders on best practices and knowledge transfer, especially on grafting, fermentation, drying platforms, packaging and farm maintenance, among others. These are expected to impact on quality and quantity of cocoa produced in Nigeria and minimise rejection in the global market.
As crude oil economy gradually becomes unsustainable for the country, cocoa is one of the crops being promoted by the government to diversify the economy.
This necessitates CRINโs collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture on skill acquisition, technology development and transfer to farmers and other stakeholders.
The institute has also partnered with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Ibadan Export Assistance
The Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) has emerged from the glooms of inactivity, industrial unrest and dwindling research activities foisted on