The new Director of the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-FORIG), Dr Kwame Antwi Oduro, has stressed his determination to make the Institute a household name, develop strategies to improve staff welfare and performance.

He said he would improve research and development delivery and transfer of technologies for the benefit of society, aggressively pursue strategies to mobilize financial resources to undertake research, and also pursue strategies to enhance visibility of their research outputs and products.

The steps, he said, followed the observation that CSIR-FORIG faced some challenges including inadequate transfer of technologies to end-users, ageing infrastructural facilities, inadequate funding for research and development, high staff attrition, and staff welfare issues.

Dr Oduro, a Research Scientist, was speaking during his investiture ceremony, following his appointment.