Research Stations

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RESEARCH STATIONS

S/N	STATION	STATE	CONTACT PERSON	PHONE NO.
1	Abak	Akwa Ibom	Dr. S. Ovie	08062960905
2	Acharu	Kogi	Mr Fidelis Edion	08039371385
3	Agbarho	Delta	Mr Friday Zifa	07039729189
4	Badagry	Lagos	Dr Victor Adaigbe	07067011698
5	Dutse	Jigawa	Mr Hamza Mohammed	08067060220
6	Onishere	Ondo	Mr Ani	08054741863
7	Onuebum	Bayelsa	Mr Erhabor Emmanuel	08028877029
8	Umuabi	Ebonyi	Ms Ifejinwa Njoku	08034913876
9	Wamba	Nasarawa	Ms Dorcas Nimpar	08036676305

The Institute’s work is also carried out in four research sub-stations namely Abak in Akwa Ibom State (for Oil Palm), Onuebum in Bayelsa State for (for Raphia), Dutse in Jigawa State (for Date Palm) and Badagry in Lagos State (for Coconut). Abak is the most developed of these Sub-stations with a fairly well established road network, modest office and workshop facilities.

As the mandate crops of the Institute are cultivated across different ecologies, and in some cases specific ecologies, the Institute also maintains experimental outstation listed in Table 1.

Table 1: NIFOR Sub-Stations and Experimental Stations

Name	Location	State	Size (ha)	Crop	Agro-Ecology
NIFOR Sub-Station	Abak	Akwa Ibom	246	Oil palm	Rain forest/fresh water swamp
NIFOR Sub-Station	Badagry	Lagos	100	Coconut	Coastal/fresh water swamp
NIFOR Sub-Station	Dutse	Jigawa	400	Date	Sudan Savannah
NIFOR Sub-Station	Onuebum	Bayelsa	100	Raphia	Fresh water swamp
NIFOR Experimental Station	Acharu	Kogi	388	Oil palm	Rain forest] derived savannah
NIFOR Experimental Station	Agbarho	Delta	24	Oil palm	Rain forest/fresh water swamp
NIFOR Experimental Station	Otegbo	Delta	75	Raphia	Rain forest/fresh water swamp
NIFOR Experimental Station	Onishere	Ondo	80	Oil palm	Rain Forest
NIFOR Experimental Station	Ubiaja	Edo	52	Coconut & oil palm	Rain forest] derived savannah
NIFOR Experimental Station	Umuabi	Enugu	32	Oil palm	Derived/guinea savannah
NIFOR Experimental Station	Darazo	Bauchi	300	Date	Sudan savannah
NIFOR Experimental Station	Nsukka	Enugu	---	Oil palm	For in-situ germplasm Conservation and exploitation
NIFOR Experimental Station	Ago- Emokpae	Edo	1.5	Oil palm	Rain forest for Fusarium wilt research
NIFOR Outreach Station	Wamba	Nasarawa	100	Oil Palm	Guinea Savanah

Darazo. Bauchi State

The Bauchi State Government donated a 300ha at Darazo to the institute, in 1998 for date palm research. This will serve as an experimental research station for date palm, which is an important tree crop in the area.

Nsukka, Enugu State

NIFOR is carrying out in-situ germplasm conservation and exploitation among the Nsukka grove oil palm, where palms with exceptionally desirable characteristics, such as yield, high bunch number, and slow stem increment, have been identified. The Institute also carries out experimental work in private farms and estates.

Commercial I Demonstration Farms

The institute has a 300 ha commercial oil palm plantation at Usen, Edo State. The terrain of the plantation is not suitable for easy exploitation of the palms. Although the original concept of the project was more than the present land area planted, community problems and litigation limited the scope of planted area to about 300ha. With the desire to achieve a substantial level of self-sustenance in terms of funding, the institute has embarked on a phased development of a 2000 ha demonstration farm, at Ohosu, Edo State. So far, over 225 ha have been planted.

S/N	SUBSTATION	STATE	CONTACT PERSON	PHONE NO.
1	Acharu	Kogi	Mr Edion	08060259309
2	Agbarho	Delta	Mr Friday Zifa	07039729189
3	Usen	Edo	Mr Ikuobase I Edwin	08030793538
4	Umuabi	Ebonyi	Ms Ifejinwa Njoku	08034913876
5	Wamba	Nasarawa	Ms Docars Nimpar	08036676305

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