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According to the director, approximately 150 samples of indigenous cowpea and sorghum were planted in Kano state for the purpose of evaluation.<\/p>\n
“Following the harvest, participating farmers will be asked to select the best of their choice and explain their reasoning.”<\/p>\n
“Those chosen will also be multiplied by the center and distributed to farmers for further planting and sharing with other farmers,” he explained.<\/p>\n
Aladele stated that the crop varieties chosen for evaluation were obtained from farmers across the country.<\/p>\n
“We don’t want a situation in which only researchers come to us for seeds for breeding and other research purposes,” he said, adding that the project would increase crop production in the country.<\/p>\n
Mr Mayowa Olubiyi, Technical Assistant in the Centre, also spoke, stating that 100 farmers were chosen for the project in each of the three participating states.<\/p>\n
Olubiyi stated that the farmers who would benefit from the germplasm were organized into the Germplasm User Group.<\/p>\n
He stated that the project would increase resilient seed multiplication in light of the current climate change that is wreaking havoc on many parts of the country.<\/p>\n
He stated that 150 sorghum samples were planted on July 10, 2021, and 150 cowpea samples were planted on August 4, 2021.<\/p>\n
Some of the seeds germinated and matured, while others wilted due to a lack of rainfall, according to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB) reports that it has begun evaluating 300 samples of indigenous cowpea and sorghum in order to mitigate the effects of climate change. The study was also intended to increase farmer production capacity in order to achieve the program’s food security goals. Dr. Sunday Aladele, the Centre’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[277],"tags":[399,566,565,567],"class_list":["post-1295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","tag-climate-change","tag-cowpea","tag-national-centre-for-genetic-resources-and-biotechnology-nacgrab","tag-sorghum"],"yoast_head":"\n