MAG is a national agricultural programme involving the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and research organizations in the country with sponsorship from the Canadian Government. The programme seeks to facilitate technology transfer to end-users towards increased pace of agricultural productivity. The CSIR-OPRI participates in the programme through coordination of the Eastern, Western and Western North Regional RELCs. The institute also supplies improved planting materials of oil palm and coconut to farmers under MAG through the Departments of Agriculture of the District Assemblies.

The PERD is a flagship programme of the Government of Ghana intended to promote rural economic growth and improve household incomes of rural farmers through the provision of certified improved seedlings, extension services, business support and regulatory mechanisms. The CSIR-OPRI provides improved planting materials of oil palm and coconut to farmers under the PERD through the Departments of Agriculture of the District Assemblies.

Oil Palm Mutation Breeding Project is a collaborative research between CSIR-OPRI, the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The seeks to identify useful mutants by selfing M1 palms (which were grown from irradiated seed or seed produced from irradiated pollen) to obtain M2 palms for evaluation and characterization.

The VITAPALM Project is a collaborative research between CSIR-OPRI, Ghana; IRAD-CEREPAH, Cameroon; University of Bordeaux, France and University of Bonn, Germany and being funded by the European Commission/Government of Ghana. The project seeks to breed new varieties of oil palm that produce non-refined crude oil with improved nutritional qualities (lower saturated fat and higher levels of vitamins) and increased stability (low-lipase content).