page_title: University of Ghana
section_title: Key Research Areas of the University of Ghana
hierarchical_section_title: University of Ghana / Research and learning centres / Key Research Areas of the University of Ghana
caption_attribution_description: English: Kade Agricultural Research Center
context_page_description: The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. It was founded in 1948, in the British colony of the Gold Coast, as the University College of the Gold Coast, and was originally an affiliate college of the University of London, which supervised its academic programs and awarded degrees. After independence in 1957, the college was renamed the University College of Ghana. It changed its name again to the University of Ghana in 1961, when it gained full university status. The University of Ghana is situated on the West view of the Accra Legon hills and at the northeast of the centre of Accra, now has various schools, institutions, colleges and departments and has over 40,000 registered students.
context_section_description: Malaria Research
  Trans-disciplinary Research into Climate Change Adaption
  Enhancing Food Production and Processing
  Development Policy and Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation
  Kade Agricultural Research Station
  Kade Agricultural Research Station, or Kade Agricultural Research Centre, is an agricultural research center located at Kade, in the Eastern Region of Ghana is part of the University of Ghana Centers of Research and Learning. It is one of the three agricultural research centers of Ghana's university. The center at Kade was established in 1957. It covers an area of 99.3 hectares and is mainly concerned with research into production of forest zone crops such as citrus, plantain, cocoyam, oil palm and rubber, with a special interest in agronomy of perennial crop plants.
caption: Kade Agricultural Research Centre
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