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ANNUAL NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION REVIEW AND PLANNING MEETING

 National Agricultural Research Institutes Report for 2012

 Name of Research Institute:

COCOA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA (CRIN)

Postal Address: P. M. B. 5244 IBADAN, OYO STATE NIGERIA

Website: www.crin-ng.org E-mail: directorcrin@yahoo.com Telephone:

08035829286 

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A. EXTENSION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

Title No Proposed No Achieved Collaborating Institute Remarks

Diagnostic survey 3 1 - -OFR 2 1 FADU GOODMTRM 1 1 - -Joint Scientific Field Evaluation - - - -

Field days - - - -

Zonal REFILS Workshop 4 3 IAR&T, ADP GOOD

Pre-post season training - - - -

Zonal Steering Committee Meeting 4 1 IAR&T FAIR

In-house Review Meeting/Cropping Scheme

- - - -

Zonal Technical Committee Meeting - - - -

National Agricultural Extension Review and Planning Meeting

1 1 NAERLS GOOD

Adopted Village/ School 4 4 ARCN/CRIN GOOD

Training Workshop 4 5 ARCN/CRIN GOOD

Agric Research & Training Fair - - - -

Research Institute Field day - - - -

World food day 1 1 FMARD GOOD

Wet & dry season evaluation(zc) - - - -

National Agric Shows 1 1 FMARD GOOD

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B. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

S/No Technology Recently Developed

Year of Release Level of Adoption Identified Areas Requiring

Improvements1 CRIN TC1- - TC8 2011 10%

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C. EXTENSION PUBLICATIONSTitle No. proposed No. Achieved Collaborators

1. Training Manual on

Good Agricultural

Practices (GAP) in the

Management of Cocoa in

Nigeria

2 1 Agronomists, Entomologist

and Plant Pathologists

1. Production of Flyers and

Posters

4 - -

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 D. RADIO PROGRAMMES

Title No Proposed No. Achieved Participating Agencies Channels

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

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E. TELEVISION PROGRAMMES

Title No Proposed No. Achieved Collaborators Channels

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - -

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F. TRAINING WORKSHOPTitle Category of trainees No of trainees Collaborators Duration

1. Soils and Plant

Nutrition

Young Farmers Club

(YFC)

35 ARCN/Mamu COMPREHENSIVE high SCHOOL, Mamu

1 days

1. Agronomic Practices

in Cocoa production

Young Farmers Club (YFC)

35 ARCN/Mamu COMPREHENSIVE high SCHOOL, Mamu

1 days

1. Pests and diseases in

cocoa production

Young Farmers Club (YFC)

35 ARCN/Mamu COMPREHENSIVE high SCHOOL, Mamu

1 days

1. Fishery management Young Farmers Club (YFC)

30 ARCN/Prospect High

School, Abanla

1 day

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G. ADOPTED VILLAGES/SCHOOLSTitle No Proposed No established Technologies Promoted Remarks

1. Aba-Agbo1 1 Improved cocoa varieties GOOD

1. Olubi 1 1 Improved cocoa varieties GOOD

1. Mamu Community Comprehensive High School, Mamu

1 1 Improved cocoa varieties GOOD

1. Prospect High School, Abanla

1 1 Improved Fishery (Juveniles)

GOOD

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ADOPTED SCHOOLSFISH PROJCT IN PROSPECT HIGH SCHOOL ABANLA

YOUNG FARMERS CLUB IN MAMU COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SHOOL MAMU

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ADOPTED VILLAGESEARLY CASHEW ADOPTER IN ABA-AGBO VILLAGE 2 YEAR CRIN  HYBRID COCOA  

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CONSTRAINTS

1. Pilfering2. Inadequate funding3. Invasion of free range domestic animals4. Inadequate funds and requisite tools for establishing

more adopted villages in response to popular demand from neighbouring villages

5. Difficult Movement of workers and materials for the implementation of the Project

6. Problems of change in weather

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National Agricultural Research Institute Work-plan Proposals for

2013

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A. WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGSActivity Venue Expected Participants Remarks

1. Annual In-house Review CRIN 120

1. Zonal REFILS workshop IBADAN, LAGOS, OSUN &

OGUN

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1. Zonal Technical Review

Meeting

4. Zonal Steering Committee

Meetings

OYO,LAGOS,& ONDO 5

5. Joint Scientific Field Evaluation ALL ZONES IN NIGERIA 5

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B. TRAININGSTitle Collaborators Category of Trainees Venue Date

1. Agronomic practices in Cocoa production

Farmers/Students Farmers//Young Farmers Club

Aba-agbo/Elegu-Mefa /Mamu

March

2. Agronomic practices in Cashew production

Farmers Farmers Aba-agbo April

3. Farm record keeping Farmers/Students Farmers Aba-agbo/Mamu/Proschools

February

4. Cashew processing Farmers Farmers Aba-agbo April-May

5. Profitability of Fishery business

Acquatec Fisheries Ibadan Young Farmers Club Prospect September

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C. DIAGNOSTIC SURVEYTitle Location Collaborators Date

1. Pesticides use and diseases control in cocoa production

Oko village in Surulere LGA in Oyo State TCU SEPT.-OCT

1. Value addition in cocoa Ibadan and AkureILE-OLUJI COCOA PROCESSING INDUSTRY JUNE-JULY

1. Nursery establishment Oyo and Ogun COCOA FARMERS NOVEMBER

4.

5.

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D. MEDIABulletin

Title Target Language Collaborators

1.Fliers 1200 English & Yoruba NAERLS

2.Posters 1000 English & Yoruba NAERLS

3.

4.

5.

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RADIOTitle/Topics Language Broadcasting Station Collaborators

1. Cocoa pre-season activities

Yoruba/English Oluyole F. M

1. Management of Pests and diseases in cocoa production

Yoruba/English Oluyole F. M

3.

4.

5.

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TELEVISIONTitle/Topics Language Broadcasting Station Collaborators

1. Cocoa pre-season activities

Yoruba/English BCOS BCOS

1. Management of Pests and diseases in cocoa production

Yoruba/English BCOS BCOS

3.

4.

5.

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E. ADOPTED VILLAGES & SCHOOLSLocation Activities/

Technologies to be

promoted

1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter

ABA-AGBO Planting &

maintenance of hybrid

cocoa

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OLUBI Planting &

maintenance of hybrid

cocoa

* * * *

MAMU Maintenance of cocoa

farm & repair of

AROC centre

* * * *

PROSPECT Restocking of fish

pond & managment

* * * *

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THANKS