NATIONAL CEREALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, (NCRI) BADEGGI, NIGER STATE: INVITATION TO TENDER FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS UNDER 2026 APPROPRIATION ACT

The National Cereals Research Institute is the oldest Research Institute in the Country. The Institute presently maintain ten (10) Outstations located in different parts of the country at Ibadan (Oyo State), Amakama-Oloroko Umuahia (Abia State), Uyo (Akwa Ibom State), Warri (Delta State), Birnin Kebbi (Kebbi State), Yandev (Benue State), Bacita (Kwara State), Mokwa (Niger State), Riyom (Plateau State), and Numar (Adamawa State). The vision of the institute is to Generate and Disseminate Improve Technologies for Agricultural Production to Achieve National Self-Sufficiency in Food and Industrial Raw Materials with Surplus for Export. The mission of the National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI) is to conduct cost-effective Agricultural Research towards sustainable Farming and National Resource Systems that will lead to increase in overall National Agricultural production with minimal negative effect on the Environment and disseminate appropriate technologies for their optimal utilization. The crops for which the NCRI has national genetic improvement mandate include Rice, Soybeans, Beniseed, Sugarcane, Acha (Hungry Rice), Castor and Stevia; and it also has the overall farming systems and resources management research for the Central Zone of Nigeria comprising Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Taraba State as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.