NORTH EAST ARID ZONE RESEARCH STATION DAMASAK (NEARS),BORNO STATE
Head of Station:ISA ADAMU (SRO / Ag.HOS)
MANDATE AND RESEARCH BREAK THROUGHS
INTRODUCTION
The North East Arid Zone Research Station (NEARS) Damasak is one of the Ten Research outstations of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria which was established in the year 2003 to carry out research into the forestry needs of the North East Arid Zone of Nigeria.
Mandate
The mandates of the station are as follows:
- Provision of Seeds and Seedlings
- Plantation Establishment
- Sand Dune Fixation
- Shelterbelt Establishment
- Landscaping
- Forestry Education and Training
- Research into Acasia senegal production
RESEARCH BREAK THROUGH 2010
Project 1
Title: Production of five hundred (500,000) thousand seedlings of indigenous and exotic tree species
Project 2:
Title: Establishment of Small Permanent Sample Plot (PSP) using indigenous tree species.
Project 3:
Title: Survey on the identification, classification and consumption level of Non- Timber Forest Products (NTFPS) in the Arid Zone of Nigeria.
RESEARCH BREAK THROUGHS 2013
Project 4
Title: Multipurpose Tree Specie Seedlings Production And Management
RESEARCH BREAK THROUGHS 2014
Project 5
Title: Multipurpose Tree Species Seedlings Production And Management
Project 6
Title: Multipurpose Tree Species Seedlings Production And Management
Project 7
Title: Multipurpose Tree Species Seedlings Production And Management
Project 8
Title: Domestication, Multiplication And Ex-Situ Conservation Of Selected Endangered Economic Sudano-Sahelian Plant Species.
Project 9
Title: Multipurpose Tree Species Seedlings Production And Management
Project 10
Title: Multipurpose Tree Species Seedlings Production And Management
