CRIG
Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana
Ghana ( Africa/Europe )
National collections
CRIG Nursery, north of Accra, Ghana (Photo: Tom Neuhaus, Project Hope and Fairness)
COLLECTION INFORMATION
- Year of founding: 1943
- Role of collection: National collection
- Main objectives of the collection:
Conservation and breeding
CONTACT DETAILS
Collection Address
Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG)
P.O. Box 8, New Tafo-Akim
Ghana
Stephen Yaw Opoku
ACCESSION INFORMATION
Total number of accessions: | - 1366 |
Related Theobroma species | - 5 |
Wild relatives of other genera (e.g. Herrania) | - 2 |
Wild seedling accessions of T. cacao | - 0 |
Wild clonal accessions of T. cacao | - 0 |
Clonal accessions selected in farms | - 225 |
Seedling accessions collected from farms | - 56 |
Clonal accessions selected in breeding plots | -0 |
Other | - 1085 |
Additional notes about the collection
Important in this collection are the Trinidad Introductions by Posnette in 1944 and the Columbian Introductions.
More Information
Website Cocoa Research Ghana (A database of cocoa research in Ghana) http://www.cocobod.gh/cocoa_research.php | View |