Center Overview
Bioresources Development Centre, Langtang started operation in 2017 with the mandate to promote bioresources development in its catchment area. It moved to its permanent site at Talbut Shibier in Langtang in 2020. Technical divisions in the Centre include Crop Bioresources Division, Animal Bioresources Division, Bioresources Production/Processing as well as Bioresources Training and Services (BTS), all having prospects for research and development. Ongoing projects at the Centre are perimeter fencing, administrative building, extension of electricity to the Centre, access roads, bore hole, tissue culture laboratory, molecular biology laboratory.
ABOUT US
BIODEC LANGTANG
Our Biotechnology Research and Development (R&D) division is dedicated to advancing innovative solutions that address critical challenges in health, agriculture, industry, and the environment. We combine cutting-edge science with practical applications to improve lives, drive sustainable development, and strengthen national capacity in biotechnology.
Our R&D efforts focus on discovering, developing, and deploying biotechnology products and technologies that promote economic growth, enhance food security, improve healthcare delivery, and support environmental conservation. Through collaborative research with universities, industries, and government agencies, we translate scientific discoveries into impactful innovations.
Center Objectives
Preservation and provision of various Bioresources for scientific, industrial agricultural, environmental, medical uses and for research applications.
Promotion of technologies and database to achieve best practices in development of indigenous Bioresources.
Establishment of bio repositories for developed bio resources for protection of intellectual property rights and future use.
Popularization of developed bio repositories for public information and policy formulation to encourage commercial production.
Utilization of indigenous bioresources materials to support R&D activities for preservation of the nation’s ecological biodiversity.
The training and continuous training of experts in the field of bioresources development.
The promotion and collaboration in bioresources development with the private and public sectors, researchers, industries and the academia.
Development of bioresources entrepreneurship programmes in support of National natural medicine, agriculture and industry activities in Nigeria.
Development and breeding of livestock and aquatic lives as well as microbial organisms for beneficial uses, e.g. Mushrooms, plantlets and seedlings of elite crops like cassava stems in terms of rapid multiplication using modern tissue culture techniques
Our Vision
To be a leading center of excellence in biotechnology research and innovation, transforming scientific ideas into sustainable national and global solutions.
Our Mission
To advance biotechnology research, promote innovation, and deliver sustainable technologies that improve the quality of life, ensure food and health security, and protect the environment.
Our Approach
We employ a multidisciplinary approach that integrates molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, and computational sciences. Our laboratories are equipped with modern facilities for experimental research, pilot production, and field testing.
Center Research Capacity
Our Services
The Centre has technical divisions with potential for research. These include animal bioresources division, crop bioresources division, bioresources production/processing and bioresources training and services.
A tissue culture laboratory has been constructed and awaiting equipment. A molecular biology laboratory is under construction. In anticipation of the take-off of the tissue culture laboratory, some staff of the Centre have been trained on tissue culture techniques at the NABDA Headquarters, Abuja
Sustainability and Impact
List of Bioresources
Identified
Crops
millet, guinea corn, maize, rice, yam, cassava, cowpea, banana. cotton, hibiscus sandariffa (zobo), beniseed, sweet potato
Medicinal Plants-
moringa, neem, arthemisin annua, boabab
Livestock
Cattle, sheep, goat, rabbit, pig, poultry
Fish
For aquaculture.eg cat fish, tilapia