Ministan Noma na Tsaron Abinci, Abubakar Kyari, ya himmatu wa Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) da amfani da teknologi wajen bincike don kara inganci. Kyari ya bayar da shawarar a lokacin da yake magana a wajen bikin cika shekaru 60 na CRIN, wanda aka gudanar a hedikwatarin su a Idi-Ayunre, Oluyole Local Government Area na jihar Oyo.
Ministan, wanda Zonal Director, South-West na ma’aikatar sa, Olayinka Akeredolu ya wakilce shi, ya ce CRIN ta samu ci gaba sosai tun shekaru, ta faɗaɗa zuwa sassa da dama, kuma ta zama babban mai gudanarwa wajen gudanar da bincike don taimakawa wajen kara samar da koko mara cuta ko mara cuta.
Kyari ya kara da cewa, “A matsayin cibiyar ta ke kulla nazari kan shekaru 60 na bincike kimiyya kuma ta ke neman gaba mai haske, mun so cibiyar ta amfani da karfin canji na teknologi don kara inganci a bincike da kuma bayar da sakamako zuwa masana’antun da ke dogara da sakamako na binciken cibiyar don ci gaban da haɓakawa.”
Gwamnan jihar Oyo, Seyi Makinde, wanda Special Adviser sa na Budget, Oyeleke Adegbola ya wakilce shi, ya yi murna da cibiyar, ya ce, “Kuna aiki da yawa da kuka yi da kowa zai iya tabbatar da shi.” Makinde ya kara da cewa, “Mun so ku zama a dukkan kananan hukumomin jihar. Mun so ku taimaka wa shugabannin kananan hukumominmu da kuma manomanmu a wajen samun isasshen abinci a al’umma”.
Executive Director na CRIN, Patrick Adebola, ya ce manufar cibiyar ita ce amfani da kimiyya da teknologi don kara samarwa, inganta ingancin amfanin gona, da kuma kara ƙima ga amfanin gonakin da aka ba su izini. Adebola ya ce, “Cibiyar ta samu izini don samar da kuma raba 1,502,000 hybrid Cocoa pods ga manoman a ƙarƙashin shirin Cocoa Transformation Agenda na gwamnatin tarayya tsakanin shekarun 2012 zuwa 2015”.
