CRI REWARDS DESERVING STAFF AT END-OF-YEAR CEREMONY
Institute has awarded deserving and hardworking members of staff at its End-of-Year programme held on the 20th of December, 2017. The categories of staff awarded included junior and senior staff as well as research staff. The awardees were presented with various prize packages by the Director of the Institute, Dr. Stella Ama Ennin who urged all other staff members to emulate their colleagues in the coming year.Dr. Maxwell Asante, a rice breeder at the Institute won the research staff of the year award, while Miss Matilda Frimpong and Miss Esther Dwomoh won in the senior and junior staff categories respectively. The Director’s Special award for 2017 went to Mr. Jonas Osei-Adu whose tremendous work at the Institute was applauded by all.
Other awardees included 2017 retiring staff and outgoing Heads of Divisions. A special citation was given to Mr. Lawrence K. Mensah who has served the Institute for so long and has been transferred to the CSIR-FORIG.
CSIR-CRI SCIENTIST RECEIVES ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARD
A Research Scientist of the CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kumasi, Ing. Dr. Shadrach K. Amponsah has received the Most Published Author in
Engineering award at the recently held Engineers Excellence Award (EEA).
The event which was organized by the Ghana Institute of Engineering (GhIE) as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations was under the theme; “GhIE@50: Engineering Ghana’s Sustainable Development”.
Various awards were given out to deserving and outstanding engineers in different categories to appreciate their efforts and contributions in promoting research and innovations for the benefit of the Ghanaian Society and beyond.
CSIR-CCST ANNOUNCEMENT
THE CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CRI) OF THE COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (CSIR) GHANA ANNOUNCES AN MPHIL PLANT BREEDING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME IN NOVEMBER 2017
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana has received accreditation from the National Accreditation Board to run post-graduate degree programmes with a more practical orientation. The CSIR-Crops Research Institute, the largest of the 13 Institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research announces an MPhil Plant Breeding and Biotechnology programme in November,
CSIR-CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CSIR-CRI) AND PARTNERS WIN AWARD
CSIR
-Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI) and others have received the Best Maize Breeding Team, 2016 award under the project, Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa (STMA). The team representing Ghana was coordinated by Dr. (Mrs.) Priscilla Francisco Ribeiro, a research scientist from CRI who received the AWARD on behalf of Ghana. The other organizations are; CSIR Savanna Agriculture Research Institute (SARI), Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Savanna Seed Service Company, M&B Seed Company and Antika Seed Company. They received a cash prize of three thousand US dollars (US$3000) and a plaque.
CSIR-CRI SCIENTIST WINS BEST NATIONAL PARTNER PRESENTATION AWARD
Dr. (Mrs.) Priscilla Francisco Ribeiro, a research scientist with the CSIR-Crops Research Institute received the best national partner presenter award after she gave a presentation on behalf of Ghana’s Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa (STMA) team on the occasion of the annual STMA project meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe.
As the national coordinator for the STMA project, Dr. Ribeiro’s speech highlighted progress of major activities achieved by her team.
DEPUTY SECTOR MINISTER VISITS CSIR-CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Mrs. Patricia Appiagyei has expressed excitement at the level of research activities taking place at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute and has called on government to pay particular attention to the Institute concerning its “Planting for Food and Jobs” and “One district, One Factory” policies. The Deputy Minister made these comments when she paid a working visit to the Institute on Monday, 14th August, 2017.
CSIR-CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE SUPPORTS YAM GROWERS
One major constraint to yam production in Ghana is the availability of quality seeds to farmers. To mitigate this situation, the CSIR-Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI) has through its CAY SEED projects signed an agreement with six yam seed growers to establish seed yam multiplication centres.
These growers; Heritage Seed (Tamale), Fosuah Food Chain (Accra), Baba Agro (Atebubu), Savanna Yam Exchange (Accra), Naa Seini Enterprise (Tamale) and Hope Rural Investment (Bechem) have all received training from the Institute on an advanced seed production technique termed “aeroponics”, that is “growing yam in the air”.
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF CSIR COUNCIL VISITS CSIR-CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The newly appointed Executive Chairman of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Professor Robert Kingsford Adaboh on Wednesday, 17th January, 2018 visited the CSIR-Crop Research Institute at Fumesua. Accompanying him was the Director General of the Council, Professor Victor Kwame Agyeman and the Administrative Director, Mr. Adam Issahaku. The purpose of the visit was to officially introduce the newly appointed Executive Chairman to staff of the institute and for him to familiarize himself with the work of the institute.
CSIR-CRI INAUGURATES NEW MANAGEMENT BOARD
Research Institute (CSIR-CRI), on Wednesday, 14th March, 2018 reconstituted its Management Board to give policy direction to the Director of the Institute. Dr. Abu Sakara Foster, a Development Agronomist and Executive Chairman of SAKFOS FARMS was appointed as Chairman of the Board.The inaugural ceremony was held at the Institute’s Conference Room. The Director of the Institute,