Adoption of PICS bags in Northern Nigeria: a case study of Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States
Cowpea is a key cash crop and also a staple food for millions of people in West and Central Africa. Cowpea trade is severely hampered by storage insects especially the cowpea weevil. The Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage (PICS) project was started in Nigeria in 2008 on a pilot basis in the states of Ka...
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| Format: | Conference Proceedings |
| Language: | Inglés |
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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
2012
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80481 |
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