Develop technologies for efficient and economic exploitation of our natural resource.
Develop technologies that would ensure and promote sound environmental health
Participate in the NTD grant scheme
Current R & D Activities
Screening of forages with the view of selecting drought tolerant species for sustainable livestock production
Assessing nutritional composition of forages for efficient utilization by ruminants
Crop-livestock farming systems research
Sustainable crop/pasture production strategies
Forage conservation strategies for sustainable feeding of ruminants
Livestock manure management and utilization
Introduction of fodder banks/feed gardens to smallholder ruminant farmers in some rural communities in Ghana
Animal feeding trials with various forages
Effect of climate change on animal production in general and forage resource availability in particular
Development of climate-smart livestock technologies and innovation
Increasing guinea fowl productivity
Animal traction management and animal behaviour studies
Amelioration of environmental stressors on physiology and productivity of livestock
Improving livestock productivity under resource-poor conditions
Enhancement of ecological efficiency of livestock production systems across Ghana and the West African sub-region through collaborative research)
Developing dynamic models for pasture growth, yield and quality for the northern and southern grassland ecological zones of Ghana to support ruminant livestock production
Testing improved feeding trough for efficient feed utilization. USAID feed the future initiative, Africa RISING project Phase II.