The
National Root Crops Research Institute,
Umudike,
Abia State is an agricultural research institute in
Nigeria. Its origins can be traced back to an experimental farm established at Moor Plantation,
Ibadan on January 1, 1923 by the
Nigerian Department of Agriculture. The School of Agriculture was established in 1955, and the two establishments were combined as the Eastern Nigeria Agricultural Research and Training Station (ARTS) in 1956, with headquarters at
Enugu. In 1972, the institution assumed federal status as the Federal Agricultural Research and Training Station (FARTS). In 1976 it was renamed the National Root Crops Research Institute, coming under the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria. In 1995, the training wing was split off as the
Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu.