Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research

Ụlọ ọrụ Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), bụ ebe nyocha n'ime nkwalite mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa, mmepụta na nhazi nke nkwụ mmanụ, Raphia, ụbọchị, akị  oyibo Shea na nkwụ ịchọ mma. Onye isi oche nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ bụ Dr. Celestine Ebehiremhe Ikuenobe . 

 Akụkọ ihe mere eme 
E hiwere ụlọ ọrụ Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) na 1939, ka usoro ọgbakọ  ọrụ ugbo nke West Africa gasịrị site na ngalaba ngalab ọrụ Ugbo nke Colonial,1927, 1930 na 1938. Emere mkpebi na nyocha gbasara ihe ọkụkụ ga-abụ nke mpaghara ma mee ya n'ókèala ya kwesịrị ekwesị. E guzobere Òtù Nnyocha nke West Africa n'afọ 1950 ma gbasaa n'ụsọ oké osimiri ọdịda anyanwụ.

A gbanwere aha akụkụ Naịjirịa ahụ ka ọ bụrụ Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) site na Iwu 33 nke Research Institute nke 1964.  N'otu afọ ahụ, a gbasaa ikike ụlọ ọrụ ahụ iji tinye akị bekee, raphia, nkwụ date na ụfọdụ ọrụ ọkpụkpụ na akị bọọlụ iji ghọta ọrịa akị bọrọ, nri akị bọn.  

N'afọ 1967, nsogbu ndị metụtara nkwụ ụbọchị mere ka etinye nyocha na nkwụ ụbọchị n'ime iwu ya ma malite ịrụ ọrụ zuru oke n'afọ 1970. N'afọ 1992, e wegara nchịkwa nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na Federal Ministry of Agriculture.

 Ihe omume 
Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ mepụtara mkpụrụ osisi nkwụ mmanụ Tenera na-amị mkpụrụ nke ukwuu. NIFOR na mmekorita ya na Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan na-azụkwa ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị banyere otu esi agụ ozi ala nke ga-abụ nduzi maka nhazi nke fatịlaịza nke a na-ekwu maka ịzụlite mkpụrụ osisi nkwụ mmanụ. Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-arụkọkwa ọrụ ọnụ na Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN) nke guzobere odeakwụkwọ na NIFOR iji mechie ọdịiche dị n'etiti ndị ọrụ nkwụ mmanụ na nchọpụta na ihe ọmụma nke ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị nọ n'ụlọ ọrụ ahụ.

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