Ma'aikatan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis a Koriya ta Arewa, Robert Shank, ya ba da rahoton muhimman ci gaba a binciken shinkafa, waken soya, da masara a Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Pyongyang (PUST), inda shi da matarsa Linda suke koyarwa. An ƙara sabon amfanin gona, sha'ir, a cikin wannan aikin a cikin 2014, kuma tallafin Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya yana taimakawa wajen faɗaɗa aikin ya haɗa da ƙananan 'ya'yan itace.
Ayyukan uku daga cikin takwas na daliban Shank da suka kammala digiri sun mayar da hankali kan ganowa da kiwon shinkafa ga yankunan da ke fama da ambaliyar ruwa, waken soya don ƙasa mai gishiri, da kuma haɗa nau'in masarar Amurka a cikin nau'in Koriya.
Shank ya bayar da rahoton cewa, dalibai biyu sun je birnin Harbin na kasar Sin, domin yin aikin kammala digiri, yayin da wasu biyun kuma suka samu gurbin karatu a Cibiyar Binciken Shinkafa ta kasa da kasa da ke kasar Philippines.
Kwamitin nazari na Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya (GFCF) ya amince da Shanks kwanan nan don karɓar kyautar $5,000 na biyu don faɗaɗa aikin don haɗa al'adun nama na ƙananan 'ya'yan itace kamar blueberries, strawberries, da blackberries. Bayan balaguron manyan ɗalibai 20 zuwa China, ɗaya ya zaɓi berries don wani aiki.
Robert Shank ya rubuta, "Akwai tsauraran kulawar al'umma game da nau'ikan filayen noma, amma kadan ne kan yadda ake amfani da filin a gefen tsaunuka." Ya bayyana cewa hakan ya haifar da noman layi, sare dazuzzuka, zaizayar kasa, da kuma ambaliya a gindin kogin. Noman amfanin gona na shekara-shekara a kan waɗannan tuddai masu matuƙar ƙazanta yana da lahani ga kiyaye ƙasa, yayin da amfanin gona na yau da kullun kamar bishiyoyin berry da itatuwan 'ya'yan itace na iya yin amfani sosai kuma zai fi kyau a hana zaizayar ƙasa.
Don ƙarin bayani game da aikin Shanks, je zuwa www.brethren.org/partners/northkorea .