Organisation Food Research Institute
Alternate Name  
Abbreviation FRI
Parent Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
u.r.l.  
email fri@ghana.com
Country Ghana
Location Accra
Address Behind the Police Headquarters, JosefBroz Tito Avenue,, Accra
Postal Address P.O.Box M.20
Telephone +233-21-777330; +233- 21-761209; +233- 21-777647
Management u.r.l.  
Fax +233-21-777647
Sector Agricultural Research - General
Organisation Type African Government
Status  
Stated Role  
Activities  
Geographical Focus  
Notes The Food Research Institute (FRI) is one of the thirteen affiliate institutes and centres of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The Government of Ghana established it on 1st Oct. 1963. Legislative Instrument No. 438 of 19th March 1965 later incorporated. It was made one of the CSIR Institutes by a revocation of LI 438 when NLC Decree 293 established the CSIR in October 1968. Operations of FRI started in 1965 with assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) while the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) acted as the executing agency. The phase of UNDP/FAO project assistance lasted for five years, from October 1965 to September 1970. FRI has since blossomed into a full-fledged research institute and much more.
[ Retrieved on 14 MAR 2008 ]
Current Positions
Position Name From To
Director Dr. W. Plahar 2008  
Budgets
Donor From To Budget ($) Note
Links to Related Organisations
Parent Tree Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Ministry of Science & Environment - Defunct 2006
Government of Ghana
Subsidiary Organisations  
Sibling Organisations Animal Research Institute
Crops Research Institute
Oil Palm Research Institute
Savanna Agricultural Research Institute
Institute of Industrial Research
Building and Road Research Institute
Institute for Scientific and Technological Information
Science and Technology Policy Research Institute
Soil Research Institute
Plant Genetic Resources Centre
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
Centre for Scientific and Research into Plant Medicine
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Sector
Health and Medicine and Environment Sector
Industry, Natural and Social Sciences Sector
Associated Organisations  
Donor Recipients  
Past Positions
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Record last updated on 31 MAR 2008