CSIR-IIR News
CSIR-IIR designed, constructed and transferred a cool house technology to vegetable farmers in Kumasi to cut down post-harvest losses.
Throughout the period between harvest and consumption, maintaining optimum temperature which often requires cooling is the most important factor in preserving fruit and vegetable qualities.
During cooling, heat is transferred from the produce to a cooling medium such as a source of refrigeration. Read More...
Mechanized Palm nuts Cracker and Kernel-Shell Separator Project
CSIR-IIR has design and manufactured Mechanized Palm nuts Cracker and Kernel-Shell Separator. It is design to separate cracked palm nuts into various components. Its design combines two distinct separation techniques into a compact single unit. These units are a rotary screen cylinder and an inclined belt conveyor. Read More...
High Rate Low Temperature (HRLT) extraction Technology for Herbal Industry Project.
(Extraction of bioactive ingredients from plant tissues to enhance quality of herbal products)
The Export Trade Development and Agricultural Investment Fund (EDAIF) founded a collaborative project between the CSIR-IIR and the Bioresources International (GH) Ltd to establish the pilot scale (500 L capacity) High Rate, Low Temperature (HRLT) botanical extraction facility. Read More...
Commissioning of Botanical Extraction Pilot Plant.
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Nana Kojo Aggrey Chairs IIR Team To Explore BioWaste4SP.
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Introduction of New CSIR Director-General
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HRLT Botanical Extraction Plant
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New Chairman of CSIR Council
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INAUGURATION OF CSIR-IIR MANAGEMENT BOARD
DATE: TUESDAY, 22ND JULY, 2014.
VENUE: CSIR-IIR, OTINSHIE-EAST LEGON, ACCRA
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CSIR-IIR HOST 239TH DMC MEETING
DATE: 14-15th May, 2014.
The 239th Director's Management Committee(DMC) meeting of the CSIR was held at CSIR-Institute of Industrial Research on 14th and 15th May, 2014.
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VISIT BY THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF CSIR – MR. ABE INCOOM
DATE: WEDNESDAY, 5TH FEBRUARY, 2014.
The New Chairman of the CSIR Council on his familiarization tour to all the 13 institutes visited IIR on Wednesday, 5th February 2014. The visit is to enable him observe the state of the Institute and acquaint himself with on-going research projects as well as actual capabilities of the Institute. Accompanying him was the DG of CSIR- Dr. Abdulia B. Salifu and some executives from the CSIR head office: The Director of Finance, Director of Administration, Director of CID and DG’s Scientific Secretary.
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CSIR-IIR hosts COMSATS national training workshop
Institute of Industrial Research (CSIR) Hosted Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) National Training Workshop on:
Repair and Maintenance of Scientific & Engineering Equipment in Universities, Research Institutions and Small Scale Industries
Date: August 26-30, 2013.
Venue: CSIR- IIR, East Legon-Accra, Ghana.
STMIE Camp 2013 Basic School Students visit CSIR-IIR
(21st –22nd August, 2013)
In fulfillment of Ghana Government’s agenda of using Science, technology and Innovation as the driving force towards the economic development of the nation, this year’s Science, Technology and Mathematics Innovations Education (STMIE) Camp 2013 for Basic School Students paid an industrial visit to IIR. This visit is to arouse, develop, and sustain the interest of participants in science and technology, inculcate in then the spirit of innovation, and prepare them for further studies in science and science-related programmes after Basic Education.
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CSIR-IIR wins international award
Five Ghanaian researchers at the Institute of Industrial Research of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research were on Thursday honoured by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Geneva for their creativity and innovations.
The five, Dr William Owusu Oduro, Maame Adwoa Bentumah Sagoe, Kofi Ampomah-Benefo and Joyce Koranteng were honoured after being adjudged winners in a competition jointly organised by WIPO, the Registrar General’s Department of Ghana and Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) in August 2012.
They took the first position with their innovation on how to make wooden products from plastic waste and sawdust.
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