Crop Research and Post-Harvest Management
Crops research aims to develop agricultural technologies and innovations for enhancing crop production and productivity through development of improved crop varieties, good agronomic practices; effective pest and disease management systems; strengthening genetic resource conservation; adapt crop modeling and simulation techniques and bio-metrics; and strengthening seed delivery systems.
Research on post harvest management aims at the section also focuses on enhancing the use of affordable and effective post-harvest and storage technologies by developing and promoting post-harvest and handling technologies; standards of different crop produce and by products; and improved storage technologies.
Enhancing
food processing and value addition technologies for improved nutrition, quality
and market access is also the mandate for crop research by developing and promoting food processing and value addition
technologies; utilization of bio-fortified and nutrient dense crops; and
developing and dissemination of food preservation and handling techniques.
Other activities includes strengthening and promoting cutting edge
science applications in agriculture like implementation of national
biotechnology framework related activities and deployment of biotechnology
techniques in crop improvement