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Development of a National Pearl Millet Breeding Program for Namibia

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Title Development of a National Pearl Millet Breeding Program for Namibia
 
Creator Ipinge, S A
Lechner, W R
Monyo, E S
 
Subject Millets
 
Description Pearl millet accounts for 24% of total calorie intake as compared with 23% for maize
and 13% for wheat (SADC Food Security Bulletin 1991). It plays an important role in
the diet of Namibians and is widely grown in 7 of Namibia's 13 political regions which
cover an estimated 355 200 ha of land (pers. comm. Namibia Ministry of Agriculture
1994). Except for the diminishing rainfall as one moves from the eastern part of
Namibia (Caprivi) to western Omusati, most of the country's pearl millet belt lies in
the same belt as the millet-growing areas of Zimbabwe,.where improved SADC pearl
millet materials have been developed and tested.
With support from the Namibian government and extra financial support from
CIDA, SMIP assisted in the establishment of a pearl millet breeding program, concentrating
initially on exploiting local germplasm and a few introduced cultivars that are
adapted to Namibia's conditions.
 
Date 1996
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4748/1/CP_1071.pdf
Ipinge, S A and Lechner, W R and Monyo, E S (1996) Development of a National Pearl Millet Breeding Program for Namibia. In: Drought-tolerant crops for southern Africa: Proceedings of the SADC/ICRISAT Regional Sorghum and Pearl Millet Workshop, 25-29 July 1994, Gaborone, Botswana.