Mission
To support the Nigerian palms and Shea industry to;
-enable the nation attain self-sufficiency in palm oil production and regain the leading position in international oil palm production and trade in the commodity;
-bring other palms such as Coconut, Date, Raphia and unexploited palms to greater economic importance;
-bring other oil-bearing tree crops such as shea to greater economic importance;
-ensure availability of cutting-edge technologies such as high-quality hybrid planting materials, user-friendly processing and utilization technologies, highly trained responsive manpower and effective technology dissemination.
Vision
-To remain an international center of excellence in palms and Shea research and development.