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Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, RRIN, was established in 1961 at Iyanomo as Rubber Research Station of the then Western Region. It was taken over by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 1973 with a merger of the Demonstration Centre of then Eastern Nigeria located at Akwete. The institute assumed the name Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria (RRIN) with headquarters at Iyanomo.
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The development of every society is propelled by the level of research it is able to make and / or put into effective use. Where properly structured and channeled, the wider the space of research, the wider and more powerful its technological breakthrough and its ability to meet with demand and challenges of its development. The main mandate of RRIN is basically to conduct research and disseminate vital research information to the target farmers and the other stakeholders. According therefore,		RRIN is the only government agency in the country mandated to conduct research into production and development of Natural Rubber (NR), gum arabic and other latex-producing plants of economic importance.
the institute within its two major mandate crops (natural rubber and gum Arabic), operates a policy of continuous research geared toward genetic improvement and multiplication of the crops and disseminating the research result using several platforms.
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The proportion of smallholders in rubber farms was over 70% in the 1960s, but this has reduced drastically to about 64%.

Our vision is to become a leading research centre for natural rubber, gum Arabic and other latex producing plants in Africa, and to be a world-class research institution.

The trend of hectarage of natural rubber rose steadily at introduction of natural rubber into Nigeria in 1985 to a peak of 247,000 in the 1990s and decline to current level of 154,000ha.