IAR ce Cocoa, Kola goro iya girma a Arewa

Dr. Uthman Arunah

A masanin kimiyya a sashen Agronomy na Cibiyar aikin gona Institute (IAR), Samaru, Zaria, Dr. Uthman Arunah ya ce cewa koko da Kola goro da za a iya samu nasarar horar da a cikin yankin arewacin kasar a lokacin da mafi kyau agronomic ayyuka suna amfani.  Ya ce wannan a koko da Kola goro gõnaki na Cibiyar inda biyu amfanin gona ana kula ga fitina.



Dr. Arunah ce wani Inuwa yanayi, tare da mulching za a iya halitta da kariya daga wadannan amfanin gona da ruwa evaporation da matsananci rana, tun lokacin da suka yi da kyau a wata rijiya shayar da lafiyar qasa. 

Al'adar, koko da Kola goro ne m tsabar kudi amfanin gona da ake al'ada ĩmãni iya kawai yi da kyau  a yankin, amma tare da wannan fitina a IAR, bisa ga Arunah, akwai mai nuni da cewa biyu amfanin gona da da ewa ba zai iya horar da a Arewa kamar yadda zaran duk kallo ake kammala.

Ya ce, "Koko ita wata itãciya mai albarka cewa bunƙasa sosai inda akwai isasshen ruwa da kuma yadda ka sani, ruwa ne ba cewa yalwatacce a cikin wannan yankin. Yana da gaske wani kalubale. Tun da mun gano wannan muhimmanci sosai da ake bukata domin koko zuwa yabanya, abin da muka yi shi ne cewa mu ko da yaushe shayar da tsaba biyu da safe da kuma dare.

Ya bayyana cewa, tawagar ma nema mulching kayan don rage adadin danshin watsa wanda ke nufin wani wucin gadi yanayi da aka halicci inda wadannan koko da Kola goro seedlings ana shuka da jack ya'yan itatuwa da cewa suna da sosai babban tsayi itatuwa da kuma kore ganye samar Inuwa da sanyi yanayi cikin da shekara biyu, a yi ruwa da kuma bushe yanayi.

Ci gaba, ya ce: "Har ila yau, mun yi amfani da dama pesticide da kwari da sauran kwari ga m girma daga cikin amfanin gona. Mu ma nema karin kwayoyin manual matsayin taki, saboda shi yana da ikon dawo mafi ruwan fiye da inorganic su. Kana bukatar ka sani cewa duk da seedlings dasa ake samu daga Cocoa Research Institute (CRIN), a cikin ta Kudu. shi ya ba inganta iri-iri daga Arewa. Suna da aka samo daga Kudu. Amma da Kola goro kawai kamar koko, ana fesa tare da pesticide da taki aikace-aikace. "