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Tropical legume project impact on groundnut improvement research outputs in Nigeria

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Title Tropical legume project impact on groundnut improvement research outputs in Nigeria
 
Creator Echekwu, C A
Alhassan, U
Mohammed, S G
Motagi, B N
Ajeigbe, H A
Ahmed, B
Vabi, M B
 
Subject Crop Improvement
Nigeria
Groundnut
 
Description Groundnut is an important component of the farming systems
in the dry savannas of Nigeria. It is planted on 34% of cultivated
area and contributes to 54% of household cash in the country.
Groundnut production in Nigeria has suffered from major setbacks;
fungal and bacteria diseases, aflatoxin contamination and
weak seed system. However, considerable progress had been
made by IAR, ICRISAT and several partners to overcome these
setbacks through the development and deployment of improved
groundnut varieties and associated crop management systems.
Earlier released Rosette resistant varieties, RMP12 (SAMNUT10)
and RMP91 (SAMNUT11), were late maturing varieties.
With climate change resulting in shortened growing season, the
need for early-maturing, disease- and drought-tolerant varieties
became urgent. Collaborative efforts of several partners resulted
in the official registration and release of medium duration: SAMNUT21
(UGA2), SAMNUT22 (M 572, 80I), and early-maturing
varieties SAMNUT23 (ICGV-IS 96894) in 2001. With the arrival
on the scene of the Tropical Legume Project (TL), along with the
excellent research and development support, Samnut-24 and
Samnut-25 and Samnut-26, were released. These varieties are
part of the achievements from TL activities during 2012-13 and
are our pride. These varieties are making a difference in the lives
of farmers, improved the sustainability of the systems and also
increased the cultivation of groundnut even in the dry season.
TL project in Nigeria took the unique opportunity to partner with
USAID-Groundnut up-scalling project to build capacity of farmers
and awareness of improved production technologies and
make seeds of improved varieties available.
 
Date 2017-02
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10733/1/344.pdf
Echekwu, C A and Alhassan, U and Mohammed, S G and Motagi, B N and Ajeigbe, H A and Ahmed, B and Vabi, M B (2017) Tropical legume project impact on groundnut improvement research outputs in Nigeria. In: InterDrought-V, February 21-25, 2017, Hyderabad, India.