Country Profile - Nigeria

 

 

 

 

Researchers

Category

Supervising agency

Executing agency

Research focus

Head count

FTEs

Year

Government

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN)

Cocoa, kola, coffee, tea, cashew, off-farm post harvest, socio-economics

38

38.0

2000

 

 

Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR)

Sorghum, groundnuts, cotton, corn, other crops

55

41.2

2000

 

 

Lake Chad Research Institute (LCRI)

Crops, farming systems

15

15.0

2000

 

 

National Agricultural Extension-Research Liaison Service (NAERLS)

Adoption studies

48

24.0

2000

 

 

National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI)

Livestock

32

32.0

2000

 

 

National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI)

Rice, soybean, sugarcane, other crops

55

55.0

2000

 

 

National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research (NIFFR)

Inland fisheries

18

18.0

2000

 

 

National Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR)

Oil palm, raphia, date, other palms

64

64.0

2000

 

 

National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT)

Banana, plantains, vegetables, socio-economics

40

40.0

2000

 

 

Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR)

Marine and inland fisheries

48

48.0

2000

 

 

National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI)

Yam, cassava, potatoes, off-farm post harvest

41

41.0

2000

 

 

National Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI)

Off-farm post harvest and socio-economics

31

23.2

2000

 

 

National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI)

Poultry, beef, dairy, swine, goats

104

104.0

2000

 

 

Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria (RRIN)

Rubber

58

58.0

2000

             

 

Federal Ministry of Environment

Forest Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN)

Forestry

45

39.0

2000

             

 

Federal Ministry of Science and Technology

Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO)

Off-farm post harvest

97

67.2

2000

 

 

National Centre for Genetic Research and Biotechnology (NACGRAB)

Crops, forestry

7

4.9

2000

 

 

National Research Institute of Chemical Technology (NARICT)

Natural Resources

58

17.4

2000

 

 

National Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research (NITR)

Sheep, goats, beef, dairy, swine, poultry

66

46.2

2000

 

 

Products Development Institute (PDI)

Off-farm post harvest, natural resources

32

16.0

2000

             

 

National Planning Commission

Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER)

Socio-economics

10

10.0

2000

Higher Education

University of Ibadan (UI)

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry (FAF/UI)

Crops, livestock, fisheries, forestry

128

32.0

2000

 

 

Department of Agricultural Engineering + Department of Food Technology

 

20

4.0

2000

 

 

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Sheep, goats, poultry, dairy, swine

75

15.0

2000

             

 

Ahmadu Bello University (ABU)

Faculty of Agriculture

 

 

26.3

2000

 

 

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

 

 

20.2

2000

 

 

Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Crops, beef, off-farm post harvest

 

1.0

2000

             

 

University of Nigeria (UN)

Faculty of Agriculture

Crops, off-farm post harvest, socio-economics, human nutrition

76

22.8

2000

 

 

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

 

 

8.4

2000

 

 

Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Agricultural machinery

7

1.4

2000

 

 

Centre for Rural Development and Cooperatives

Socio-economics

7

4.9

2000

 

 

Institute for Development Studies

 

 

1.1

2000

             

 

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)

Faculty of Agriculture

Corn, cassava, poultry, rabbi, socio-economics

66

19.8

2000

 

 

Faculty of Technology (Departments of Food Processing, Food Analysis & Chemistry, Food Microbiology, Food Engineering)

Crops, off-farm post harvest

30

3.0

2000

 

 

Institute of Agricultural Research & Training (IAR&T)

Corn, kenaf, natural resources

60

37.0

 

2000

             

 

University of Benin (UNIBEN)

Faculty of Agriculture

 

 

10.1

2000

             

 

Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDU)

Faculty of Agriculture

 

 

4.9

2000

 

 

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Sheep, goats, poultry, medicinal plants

29

2.9

2000

             

 

University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID)

Faculty of Agriculture

Crops, livestock, off-farm post harvest, socio-economics

56

16.8

2000

 

 

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

 

47

14.1

2000

 

 

Faculty of Food Science

 

 

0.4

2000

 

 

Department of Agricultural Engineering

 

 

0.4

2000

 

 

Centre for Arid Zone Studies & Centre for Trans-Saharan Studies

 

 

1.6

2000

             

 

University of Calabar (UNICAL)

Faculty of Agriculture

 

 

11.3

2000

 

 

Institute of Oceanography

 

 

8.3

2000

             

 

University of Ilorin (UNILORIN)

Faculty of Agriculture

Livestock, crops, socio-economics

47

14.0

2000

 

 

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Corn, cassava, sugarcane, nuts

11

1.1

2000

 

 

Sugar Research Institute

 

 

2.1

2000

             

 

University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT)

Institute of Agricultural Research and Development (IAR&D)

Crops, inland fishing, socio-economics

7

7.0

2000

             

 

 University of Lagos (UNILAG)

Faculty of Science, Marine Biology and Fishing Unit

Fisheries 

8

4.0

2000

             

 

Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA)

School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SAAT)

Livestock, forestry, socio-economics, crops, fisheries

77

22.5

2000

 

 

Department of Agriculture Engineering

Crops, off-farm post harvest, livestock

14

2.8

2000

             

 

Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUTM)

School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SAAT)

Crops, livestock, soils, fisheries

 

5.5

2000

 

 

Department of Agricultural Engineering

Cassava, sorghum, fruits, nuts

12

2.4

2000

             

 

Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO)

School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SAAT/FUTO)

Crops, livestock, socio-economics

40

8.0

2000

 

 

Department of Agricultural Engineering

Natural resources, off-farm post harvest, farm

11

2.2

2000

             

 

Federal University of Technology, Yola (FUTY)

School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SAAT)

Corn, sorghum, nuts, cotton, poultry, foresty

54

10.8

2000

 

 

Department of Agricultural Engineering

 

 

0.2

2000

 

University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB)

Crops, livestock

243

48.6

2000

             

 

University of Agriculture, Makurdi UAM)

College of Agronomy

Crops

64

16.0

2000

 

 

College of Agricultural Engineering & Engineering Technology

Energy, off-farm post harvest, crops

54

5.4

2000

 

 

College of Agricultural Economics and Extension

Socio-economics, natural resources

6

1.2

2000

 

 

College of Food Technology

Cassava, soybean, vegetables, off-farms post harvest

19

1.9

2000

 

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (MOUA)

Crops, livestock, forestry, socio-economics, fisheries

93

18.6

2000

             

 

Abia State University (ASU)

Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine

Crops, livestock

34

8.5

2000

 

 

 Faculty of Agriculture

Crops, livestock 

46

9.2

2000

             

 

Ogun State University (OSU)

College of Agricultural Sciences

 

 

7.1

2000

             

 

Rivers State University of Science & Technology (RUST)

Faculty of Agriculture

 

 

18.1

2000

 

 

Department of Agriculture Engineering

Crops, off-farm post harvest

6

1.2

2000

 

 

Rivers Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (RIART)

Crops, livestock

21

5.3

2000

             

 

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University of Technology (ATBU)

School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SAAT)

Crops, livestock, fisheries

66

13.2

2000

             

 

Ambrose Ali University (AAU)

Faculty of Agriculture

Crops, livestock, off-farm post harvest

45

4.5

2000

             

 

Edo State University (EDOSU)

Faculty of Agriculture

Livestock, crops, fisheries, others

 

1.8

2000

             

 

Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT)

Faculty of Agriculture

Crops, livestock, soils, aquaculture, food

17

3.4

2000

 

 

Department of Agriculture Engineering

Yam, corn, cassava, rice

17

3.4

2000

 

 

Biotechnology and Pest Management Center

 

 

0.3

2000

             

 

Imo State University (ISU)

College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine College

 

 

4.7

2000

             

 

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUT

Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

Crops, livestock

40

8.0

2000

 

 

Department of Environmental Sciences

 

na

0.2

2000

 

 

Faculty of Technology

Crops, off-farm post harvest 

11

2.2

2000

             

 

University of Ado-Ekiti (UAE)

Faculty of Agriculture Sciences

 

5

1.0

2000

             

 

University of Uyo (UU)

Faculty of Agriculture

Crops, livestock, forestry, socio-economics

64

12.8

2000

 

 

Department of Agriculture & Food Engineering

 

10

1.0

2000

             

 

Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU)

Faculty of Agriculture

 

14

2.8

2000

Note: FTEs in italics were estimated based on head count numbers for 1996 or 1998

ASTI country brief on Nigeria, 2004 (PDF 224K)