Country Profile - Ghana

 

 

 

 

Researchers

Category

Supervising agency

Executing agency

Research focus

Head count

FTEs

Year

Government

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Animal Research Institute (ARI)

Livestock, animal health

16

16.0

2001

 

 

Crops Research Institute (CRI)

Crops

84

84.0

2001

 

 

Food Research Institute (FRI)

Food processing

38

38.0

2001

 

 

Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)

Forestry

47

47.0

2001

 

 

Plant Genetic Resources Centre (PGRC)

Plants

11

11.0

2001

 

 

Savanna Agricultural Research Institute

Crops

43

43.0

2001

 

 

Oil Palm Research Institute (OPRI)

Oil palm, cocoa, coconut

18

18.0

2001

 

 

Soil Research Institute (SRI)

Soil

31

31.0

2001

 

 

Water Research Institute (WRI)

Water resources

59

59.0

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ministry of Agriculture

Agricultural Engineering Services Directorate (AESD)

 

2

2.0

2001

 

 

Animal Production Directorate (APD)

Livestock

26

7.8

2001

 

  Marine Fisheries Research Division (MFRD)

Fishery

9

9.0

2001

             
  Ministry of Environment and Science Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BNARI) Biotechnology, nuclear science 24 21 2001
             

 

Ghana Cocoa Board

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG)

Cocoa, coffee, sheanut, cola

35

35

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higher Education

University of Ghana

Faculty of Agriculture, Legon

Crops, livestock, soils, economics

69

17.3

2001

 

 

Faculty of Sciences: Botany Department

Botany

13

1.3

2001

 

 

Faculty of Sciences: Nutrition and Food Science Department

Post-harvest storing, food processing

12

1.2

2001

 

 

Faculty of Sciences: Zoology Department

Zoology

12

1.2

2001

 

 

Volta Basin Research Project (VBRP)

Biology

7

3.5

2001

 

 

Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER)

Socio-economics

16

1.6

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Science and Technology

Faculty of Agriculture, Kumasi

Crops, livestock, horticulture, agricultural engineering, agricultural economics

81

32.4

2001

 

 

Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

Biology

11

1.1

2001

 

 

Institute of Renewable Natural Resources (IRNR)

Fisheries, forestry

18

5.4

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Cape Coast

Faculty of Agriculture

Crops, livestock, soils, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering

38

3.8

2001

 

 

Faculty of Science: Botany Department.

Botany

7

0.7

2001

 

 

Faculty of Science: Zoology Department.

Zoology

10

1.0

2001

 

 

Centre for Development Studies (CDS)

Socio-economics

10

2.5

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Development Studies Faculty of Agriculture Crops, livestock, fisheries, socioeconomics 58 11.6 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University College of Education of Winneba

College of Agriculture Education

Crops, livestock, postharvest

17

1.3

2001