Three sorghum varieties released in Nigeria

Farmers with the SAMSORG 47 ZAUNA INUWA variety

Three sorghum varieties released in Nigeria

17 Aug 2018

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.

Empowered women and an enriched community – the groundnut story of northern Nigeria

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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

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Government may adopt digital tech to reach small-scale farmers

09 Feb 2018

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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

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

29 Nov 2017

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

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“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 ?

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