Proposals for the development of the rubber research institute of Nigeria (R.R.I.N.). Final report

CIRAD-IRCA - FRA. 1991. Proposals for the development of the rubber research institute of Nigeria (R.R.I.N.). Final report. Montpellier : CIRAD-IRCA, 117 p.

Résumé : Various historical, political and economic circumstances have limited the effectiveness of the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria. Few research results are available, and it would be worth checking their reliability; in particular their impact, both on hevea growing and on rubber production, is very low. This is both the cause and the effect of the lack of links between RRIN and the profession. However, RRIN's potential is far from negligible: in terms of equipment and materials its infrastructure, buildings and equipment are in need of renovation, planting material (nurseries and budwood gardens) and plantings will have to be rehabilitated, land for replanting or planting. in human terms, a sizable but largely unmotivated staff. Reviving RRIN's activities means bringing its material potential back into full use, which will provide the staff with adequate working facilities and conditions. In addition, re-centring research activities on practical aspects of hevea growing and rubber production should: - give renewed impetus to research work, by providing a practical justification - re-establish the link between research and development, in the form of cooperation between RRIN and professional organizations, without which research cannot be effective. If this operation is to stand a chance of lasting, it is important to use all the possibilities open to RRIN of acquiring its own financial resources: research or service contracts with the private sector and rubber production. To reach these targets, the project described in the report would involve: 1. renovating the infrastructure and supplying equipment and materials to re-start the Institute's basic activity and implement the proposed research operations; 2. research programmes, essentially reinforcing existing projects. The aim of the programmes, which are simple and practical, concentrating on the most urgent development needs, is to revive research activities immediately and obtain results which can be used by the profession as soon as possible. The programmes will have to be adapted and extended as part of the overall restructuring of RRIN programmes, as and when the Research-Development link becomes stronger; 3. increasing staff efficiency based on the motivation provided by programmes, in turn involving operational technical assistance, concentrating on practical activities in the field, restructuring the activities of the existing staff, in accordance with the Institute's new operations; 4. lastly, the necessary financial resources to extend the estate with a view to eventually obtaining the resources needed for the Institute to operate effectively. If RRIN is to be revived, it is essential to implement this project, which will enable the Institute to provide assistance to the development operations under way. It will also enable it to cope with the technical demands of a programme to rehabilitate hevea growing and rubber production, at least during the first phase. The dynamics of development and the restructuring of the profession should subsequently enable RRIN to acquire the intrinsic organizational structures, technical experience and scientific capabilities of a modem research institute, capable of keeping pace with and stimulating the move towards overall development of the hevea growing and rubber production sector in Nigeria.

Classification Agris : A50 - Recherche agronomique
F01 - Culture des plantes
Q60 - Traitement des produits agricoles non alimentaires
E21 - Agro-industrie
E16 - Économie de la production
E70 - Commerce, commercialisation et distribution

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