The Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu is based in Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The college was established in Umudike in 1955 by the government of Eastern Nigeria, was amalgamated with the Agricultural Research Station, Umudike in 1964 and was taken over by the East Central State Government in 1970. In 1972 the Federal Government took over the college as part of the Federal Agricultural Research and Training Station (FARTS), and in 1976 the school became the training wing of the National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike. The National Board for Technical Education accredited the college programs in 1989, and again in 1993. The college was relocated to its current site in 1995. The site itself had been started in 1964 as a "Village Agricultural Improvement Project" for 15 villages in Olokoro Clan.[1][2]