Lake Chad Research Institute (LCRI)

Location

Maiduguri Borno State, Nigeria

Parent Organization

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Overview

Lake Chad Research Institute (LCRI) is one of the Agricultural Research Institutes under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The Institute was established by the Research Institute (Establishment Act) Order 1975. The Institute had multidisciplinary mandate of conducting research in crops, fisheries, livestock, Agro-forestry, wildlife and public health. However, following a re-appraisal of the mandates and functions of National Research Institutes in 1987, the Lake Chad Research Institute became a crop based research Institute and was charged with a new research mandate.

LCRI has three stations in Baga, Malamfatori and Ngala in Borno State, and seven experimental sites: Biu and New Marte in Borno State, Dadin Kowa in Gombe State, Kadawa in Kano State, Hadejia in Jigawa State, Jos in Plateau State and Gembu in Taraba State.

Mission

To conduct developmental research in close collaboration with stakeholders through genetic overhaul of the mandate crops, realignment of production to modern system and encouragement of industrial linkage in the total farming system in the zone.