Vision
To become a Centre of Excellence for Agricultural Research, Innovation and Capacity Building for Development.
Mission
Develop and disseminate demand-driven technologies and build capacity for sustainable food and industrial crops productivity to enhance livelihoods.
Mandate
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.
Objectives
The objectives of CRI are to:
• develop improved crop varieties that are high yielding and resistant/tolerant to important biotic and abiotic stresses and have good quality characteristics.
• Develop improved production technologies for sustainable production
• assist achieve food security and self sufficiency in industrial raw material production
• play a leading role in the diversification of agricultural production in Ghana
