Review of TL III and HOPE II projects highlights the role of synergy

Participants at the meeting in Kano, Nigeria Photo: L. Omoigui

Review of TL III and HOPE II projects highlights the role of synergy

30 Apr 2018

Stakeholders of legume and cereal value chains in Nigeria identified recent successes and set goals for the next cropping season at the...

A scene in Dawanu grain market, Kano, Northern Nigeria, the largest cowpea market in the world. Photo: A. Diama

From grass to great: Tropical Legumes project transforms agricultural extension in Northern Nigeria

30 Apr 2018

Over a decade of efforts by the Tropical Legumes project towards building and strengthening agricultural extension systems is paying off in Northern Nigeria as...

Government may adopt digital tech to reach small-scale farmers

09 Feb 2018

To address numerous challenges bedeviling small scale farming in the country, the Federal Government may adopt phygital technology to reach farmers across...

TL-III Candidus A Echekwu (center, in white cap) leads project desk officers to a field visit during Seed Council Training on quality seed production. Photo Credit: Lawal Bawal, USAID

Strengthening Synergies between Groundnut Projects in Nigeria

31 Dec 2017

Groundnut is acknowledged to be important to Nigeria’s economy – both commercially and nutritionally. The most commonly grown crop in Nigeria, the...

Women touring the groundnut farm during a field visit in Sokoto state. PC: Bala Lawal

Field days sustain farmer’s and community leader’s interest in pursuing groundnut production in northern Nigeria

30 Nov 2017

Since the 2015 cropping season, farmer field days have been regularly organized in northern Nigeria. Field days bring farmers and curious community...

Launch of Cook’s Guide on groundnut opens up pathways to boost consumption in Nigeria

29 Nov 2017

ICRISAT has partnered with the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN) in the launching of a ‘Cook’s Guide’...

Abdullahi Shehu (standing second from right) with other farmers interested in experimenting with the improved variety CF35.5.

Potential of new improved sorghum varieties boosts farmers’ confidence in Nigeria

29 Nov 2017

“Friends have come to me asking for seeds of the two improved varieties to grow in their own fields. I said yes!...

How do we fight the Fall armyworm, the new wound of African agriculture ?

24 Nov 2017

Two years after its first detection in West Africa, this invasive caterpillar is threatening the food security of millions of small farmers...

Farmers gather for a field day at Dawakin.

Farmers in Dawakin, Nigeria, celebrate introduction of improved cowpea varieties

27 Oct 2017

Farmers in the rural community of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State, northwestern Nigeria, were mainly subsistence farmers trying to...

Harvesting Samnut 24 in Nigeria. Photo: Hakeem Ajeigbe, ICRISAT

Moving towards the restoration of groundnut pyramids in northern Nigeria

13 Oct 2017

Early adoption studies in Nigeria reveal promising adoption rates for improved groundnut varieties. In the five states targeted for USAID project implementation,...

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