Certified seed fetches twice the market rate: Farmers hitch onto seed production
Growing certified improved seed of millets and legumes is a profitable business enterprise for farmer cooperatives in Mali. Improved seed summon twice Read more...
Now, get critical seed data in one click
A modern digital seed ‘catalog’ and seed ‘roadmap’ tool is now available for information about the quality and availability of seeds in Read more...
Where agriculture is religion: Preaching about improved sorghum in Burkina Faso
Improved sorghum varieties are finding new champions in unusual places. In Andemtenga, a remote village about 150 km east of Ouagadougou (capital Read more...
Three sorghum varieties released in Nigeria
Nigeria’s National Committee on Variety Naming, Registration and Release on 26 July 2018, approved the registration and release of two medium-maturing sorghum varieties, SAMSORG 47 as ZAUNA-INUWA, SAMSORG 48 as KAURA BORNU, and an early medium-maturing variety, SAMSORG 49 as CF35:5, in Nigeria.
Review of TL III and HOPE II projects highlights the role of synergy
Stakeholders of legume and cereal value chains in Nigeria identified recent successes and set goals for the next cropping season at the Read more...
Potential of new improved sorghum varieties boosts farmers’ confidence in Nigeria
“Friends have come to me asking for seeds of the two improved varieties to grow in their own fields. I said yes! Read more...
Farmers give valuable feedback on preference for food quality traits during millet participatory selection exercise in Nigeria
“We prefer those millet varieties that, when cooked, can be stored overnight without losing color and taste and that can be served Read more...
Brainstorming in Burkina Faso to meet farmers’ need for better seeds
Improving genetic gain and strengthening the production and delivery of improved varieties of pearl millet, sorghum and groundnut were the focal points Read more...
Four new sorghum varieties fast-tracked to release in Uganda
July 2017 saw the release of four new sorghum varieties in Uganda by the National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI), one of Read more...
Hands-on training for modernizing crop breeding programs
As part of ICRISAT’s initiative to modernize databases, introduce digital data collection tools and barcoding techniques, a data management workshop was conducted Read more...