Shinkafa ta Abakaliki

Shinkafa ta Abakaliki
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Ƙaramin ɓangare na	shinkafa

Wani tarin shinkafa na Abakaliki da aka niƙa yana jiran sakawa.

Abakaliki Rice wani nau'in shinkafa ne da aka fi nomawa a Jihar Ebonyi, wanda ke kudu maso gabashin Najeriya. An sanya masa suna ne bayan Garin Abakaliki, babban birnin jihar, kalmar tana nufin duk shinkafa da aka shuka da kuma noma a cikin kananan hukumomi 13 na jihar.

An san shi da dandano na musamman da babban abun ciki na fiber na abinci, ana amfani da shinkafa na Abakaliki a cikin nau'ikan jita-jita da yawa. Yanayin zafi na yankin yana ba da damar akalla sauye-sauye biyu a kowace shekara, yana ba da gudummawa ga saurin girma idan aka kwatanta da nau'ikan da suka girma a wasu yankuna.

Muhimmancin Aikin Gona

Noma na shinkafa a Abakaliki yana da asusun sama da kashi 50 cikin 100 na ayyukan noma a Jihar Ebonyi, tare da kimanin samar da shekara-shekara na tan 134,000.

Abakaliki shinkafa mill, babban cibiyar sarrafawa, tana aiki da injunan niƙa 4,500, cibiyoyin ƙaddamarwa 50, da injunan gyare-gyare 10, suna daukar ma'aikata kusan 1,850 kai tsaye da kai tsaye.

Tarihi

Shuka shinkafa na Abakaliki ya samo asali ne daga 1940 a lokacin mulkin mallaka na Najeriya. Da yake fuskantar karancin abinci a duniya a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta Burtaniya ta nemi bunkasa samar da abinci a cikin gida. Bayan taron Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona a Umuahia, Abakaliki, Afikpo, da Ohaozara an gano su a matsayin wuraren da suka dace don noman shinkafa saboda ƙasarsu mai santsi.

Kafin gabatar da shinkafa a yankin Abakaliki, yawancin mutane manoma ne masu cin abinci waɗanda manyan amfanin gona sun haɗa da kayan abinci kamar yam, cassava, dankali, cocoyam, da sauransu. Sabili da haka, manoma na yankin da farko sun yi tsayayya da noman shinkafa saboda al'adu da addinai. Misali, wasu manoma masu magana da Izzi sun ji tsoron cewa maye gurbin amfanin gona na gargajiya na yam na iya fusata alloli na kakanninmu. Hakazalika, manoman Ezza sun danganta amfanin gona mara kyau a cikin shekarun 1950 ga gabatar da shinkafa. Koyaya, mazauna waje sun ba da hayar ƙasa don noma shinkafa kuma sun gabatar da ingantaccen dabarun, a ƙarshe sun ci nasara a kan manoma na gida. A shekara ta 1945, noma shinkafa a Abakaliki ya fara fadada, tare da gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta kara noma daga kadada 600 a shekara ta 1940 zuwa kadada 18,000 a shekara ta 1954.