Cibiyar Binciken Tushen Amfanin Gona ta ƙasa
Cibiyar Binciken Tushen Amfanin gona ta ƙasa da ke Umudike a Jihar Abia cibiya ce ta binciken noma a Najeriya. Za a iya gano asalinta zuwa gonar gwaji da aka kafa a Moor Plantation, Ibadan a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1923 ta Sashen Noma na Najeriya.

Tarihi
An kafa makarantar noman a shekarar 1955, kuma an haɗe cibiyoyin biyu a matsayin Cibiyar Nazarin Aikin Noma ta Gabashin Najeriya (ARTS) a shekarar 1956, mai hedikwata a Enugu. A cikin shekarar 1972, cibiyar ta ɗauki matsayin tarayya a matsayin Cibiyar Nazarin Aikin Noma ta Tarayya (FARTS). A shekarar 1976 aka sauya mata suna zuwa Cibiyar Binciken Tushen amfanin gona ta ƙasa, tana ƙarƙashin Hukumar Binciken Aikin Noma ta Najeriya. A cikin 1995, an raba reshen horarwa a matsayin Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu.

Bincike
Cibiyar na gudanar da bincike kan inganta ƙwayoyin halittar tushen tattalin arziki da amfanin gona irin su rogo, dawa, kokoyam, dankalin turawa, dankalin Irish, ginger, rizga, dankalin Hausa, gwoza sugar da Turmeric. Har ila yau, ta yi bincike kan batutuwan da suka haɗa da dabarun noman amfanin gona, adanawa, sarrafa su da kuma amfani da amfanin gonakin, inda ta mai da hankali kan buƙatun manoma a shiyyar kudu maso gabashin Najeriya. Cibiyar tana ba da horon ma’aikatan aikin gona masu matsakaicin matsayi, bayar da takardar shaidar difloma ta ƙasa da manyan diflomasiyya da bayar da horo na musamman ga manoma. 

Cibiyar ta sami tallafi daga Shirin Ƙalubale na Ƙarfafawa da Tsarin Binciken Aikin Noma na Ƙasa don kafa ɗakin gwaje-gwaje na zamani don bincike da inganta kwayoyin halittar rogo ta hanyar amfani da alamomin kwayoyin halittar. Cibiyar tana haɗin gwiwa tare da sauran cibiyoyin bincike na yanki ta hanyar Cibiyar Binciken Tushen amfanin gona ta Kudancin Afirka, wanda USAID ke tallafawa wa.

Manazarta

Jihar Abiya