West African crop breeding programme launched

A five-year programme to improve the basic food crops of Africa will start later this year. It aims to encourage the development of new strains of sorghum, millet, African rice cowpea, winged bean, mung bean, cassava, sweet potatoes and yams. The...

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Autor principal: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Formato: News Item
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1989
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45111
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Sumario:A five-year programme to improve the basic food crops of Africa will start later this year. It aims to encourage the development of new strains of sorghum, millet, African rice cowpea, winged bean, mung bean, cassava, sweet potatoes and yams. The...