CROP RESEARCH

Commodity and Sector Priorities

A. High Priority (i.e essential that some research is undertaken in this commodity or sector)

B. Medium Priority (i.e research is justified if resources allow)


(i) Priority Crop Commodities
A	A	B
Banana	Asparagus	Bean (dry)
Citrus	Cabbage	Bittergourd
Grape	Cauliflower	Waxgourd
Litchi	Chinese Cabbage	Coconut
Pineapple	Chillies	Eddoes
Strawberry	Cucumber	Guava
Bean(green)	Eggplant	Mango
Cowpea(green)	Tomato	Melon
Edible Fungi	Anthurium	Ornamentals
Fodder&Pasture	Salad crops	Passion Fruit
Garlic	Palm Cabbage	Pawpaw
Ginger		Sweet Pepper
Onion		Sweet Potato
Tobacco		Watermelon

(ii) Priority Crop Sectors
A	A
Post Harvest Technology	Hydroponic Crop Production
Applications of Biotechnology	Diagnostics for Crop Protection
Water Management Practices	Land Resource Appraisal
Mechanisation of Operations	Biological Control of Livestock Pests
Integrated Pest Management	Weed Control
Soil Conservation	Improvement of Cropping Systems

Priority Research Projects

Onion : off-season production and keeping quality.
Hydroponic vegetable production
Seed and Seedling management
Environment-friendly pest and disease management
Diversification in Ornamentals
Post-Harvest Management
Food Processing
Baby Vegetables for specialty market
Tobacco : mechanisation of seedling production
Litchi : earliness in fruiting
Pineapple: minimising incidence of Black Spot
Quality Management for fresh produce.
Organic Agriculture
Control of Diamond Back Moth in cruciferous crops
Control of Fruit Fly in cucurbitaceous crops
Mechanisation of cultural operations