Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN)

CRIN Mandate Crops

Cocoa
Kola
Cashew
coffee
Tea

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Tips on Cocoa

A cup of cocoa a day may keep the doctor away

Cocoa intake reduces frequency of malaria
Cocoa fights fatique
Cocoa is the number one antioxidant food on the planet
Cocoa keeps heart attack at bay
Coco compound arrests breast cancer
Cocoa can help prevent diabetes
Theobromine: a cocoa derivative arrests persistent coughs
Cocoa is the highest natural source of magnesium
Cocoa boosts libido

Tips on Kola

CRIN has developed:

Hybrids that produce in 5 years with an an annual average yield
of about 2,000 nuts/tree/year of marketable sizes (12-15g)
Vegetative propagated materials that starts fruiting in about
three years;
A natural insecticide, spindor dust (a.i. spinosard (0.125%))
for protection of kolanuts in storage against kola weevil,
Bolanogastis kolae
Kola pod husks with organic materials such as poultry droppings
as organic fertilizers.

Tips on coffee

CRIN has developed:

64 varieties of coffea Arabica in Germplasm for genetic improvement
A socioeconomically acceptable method of rehabilitating
old coffee plantations with overgrown trees through
coppicing at 30cm above ground level to rejuvinate old plants
Management techniques of plant geometry by de-capping to a
height of 1.5m to facilitate harvesting
The use of half node stem cutting for propagating robusta coffee
Open rooted method of propagating and transporting stem cuttings of
robusta coffee
A method of termite control on coffee by spraying the waste water from
cassava processed for '' fufu'' production
Organic manure made from chromolaena odoratum (siam weed), cow dung,
grasses and maize stovers as effective inorganic fertilizers

Tips on Tea

CRIN has these:

Germplasm of 24 highland clonal tea genotypes introduced from Kenya
Germplasm of high yielding lowland tea varieties from China
A new rapid method for determining the field pluck (harvest) quality for tea
DNA molecular characterization of 20 clones, which could assist in parental
selection for subsequent hybridization
Recommendation on appropriate fertilizer application on test

Tips on cashew

CRIN has developed:

Seeds and seedlings of 25 superior genotypes, high
yielding (10=13kg/tree/year) with superior flavour
Appropriate site/soil selection packages for cashew
cultivation and effective fertilizer regime to correct mineral
deficiencies
Effective seed propagation methods, establishment, spacing,
pruning and inter-cropping
Clonal and vegetatively propagated cashew as planting
materials through marcotting
Suitable fungicide and insecticide mixtures to control
incidene of ravaging inflorescence blight diseases

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REVIEW OF PRICES OF CRIN PRODUCE/PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

A. Agricultural Produce

S/NO.	PRODUCE	PRICES
1.	Cocoa Seedlings (a) WACRI (b) F3 Amazon (c) Hybrid-open Pollination (d) Hybrid-Hand Pollinated (e) Budded	100.00/Seedlings 120.00/Seedlings 150.00/Seedlings 200.00/Seedlings 500.00/Seedlings
2	Cocoa Pods: (a) WACRI (b) F3 Amazon (c) Hybrid (d) Hybrid Open Pollinated	100.00/pod 150.00/pod 300.00/pod 200.00/pod
3	Kolanut	Prevailing market Price/Basket
4.	Kola Seedling	120.00/Seedlings
5.	Cashew nut seeds (a) Medium (b) Jumbo	800.00/kg 1,500.00/kg
6.	Cashew Seedlings (a) Medium (b) Jumbo	120.00/seedling 150.00/seedling
7	Cashew Apple	10.00/Apple
8.	Coffee Seedling (a) Robusta (b) Arabica	120.00/Seedlings 150.00/Seedlings
9.	Coffee Berry (undepulped & dried)	150.00/kg
10.	Tea Seedlings	120.00/Seedlings
11.	Plantain Sucker (a) Miniset (b) Volunteer	50.00/Sucker 100.00/Sucker
12.	Plantain Bunch (Large) Plantain per kg	600.00
13.	Banana Bunch	200/bunch
14.	Vegetable: (a) Rainy Season (b) Dry Season	50.00/pack 100.00/pack
15.	Flower	100.00/one
16.	Pineapple	150.00 minimum 200.00 large
17.	Pawpaw	50.00/one
18.	Okra	50.00/pack
19.	Pepper	50.00/pack or prevailing market price
20.	Tomatoes	Prevailing market price
21	Mango: (a) Retail (b) Bulk	10.00/one 1,000/tree
22	Cassava: (a) Tuber (b) Stem	1,200.00/kg(50kg/bag) 15,000/200 heaps 250.00/pack
23	Maize Cob (Fresh & Dried)	Prevailing market price
24	Palm Fruit	400.00/Bunch
25	Palm Oil	Prevailing Market Price
26	Agbalumo	4,000.00 – 5,000.0/Tree
27	Ogbono	5,000.00/Tree
28	Awin	300.00/Tree
29	Cocoa Pod Husk Fresh Cocoa Pod Husk Dry	100/kg 200/kg
30	Cocoa Pod Ash Dry	1000/kg
31	Firewood Lorry Load Tractor Pick-up Pack	Staff	Outsider
		6,000 3,000 2,000 100	8,000 5,000 3,000 150
32	Dried Cocoa beans	Prevailing market price for access
33	Mistletoes (fresh)	500.00/bagco bag
39	African Star Apple seedling	200.00/seedling
40.	Rose Apple Seedling	250.00/Seedling