Search Results - "Nigeria"

Sustainable insect pest management options for rice production in Sub-Saharan Africa by Pegalepo, Esther, Bocco, Roland, Onaga, Geoffrey, Nwilene, Francis, Tamò, Manuele, Togola, Abou, Katiyar, Sanjay Kumar

“…It explores successful methods, including the use of biological control agents in Nigeria; neem-based pesticides in Tanzania; push-pull technology in Kenya; agroecological practices in Mali; resistant rice varieties in Ghana and Nigeria; integrated farming systems in Liberia, Guinea Conakry, Nigeria, Kenya and Madagascar; and farmer field schools in Zambia. …”
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Morphological changes in cassava as affected by leaf vegetable picking by Simwambana, M., Ferguson, T.U., Hahn, S.K.

“…A field trial was established on a sandy soil at IITA, Nigeria.…”
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TAAT - inauguration and planning meeting_2 by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…Scientists, development specialists, agricultural experts, representatives from national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES), and entrepreneurs from the private sector mainly from Africa will assemble in IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria on 22-25 January 2018, for the inauguration and planning workshop of the long-awaited African Development Bank (AFDB)-funded program called Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT). …”
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Stakeholders challenge norms constraining women in agri-food systems by CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative

“…In November 2022 and February 2023, the CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality held stakeholder workshops in Nigeria and Tanzania to identify and understand norms that constrain women’s abilities to participate in and benefit from cassava, chicken, and fish AFS to build economic resilience. …”
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Policy options to strengthen the cassava and rice supply chains by Zhang, Xiaobo, Whitney, Edward

“…Nigeria is the world’s largest cassava producer and Africa’s largest rice importer. …”
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Fodder bank: Improving the nutrition of cattle in the subhumid zone of West Africa by Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Kaufmann, Ralph R. von

“…ILCA acknowledged the potential for increased animal agriculture in the subhumid zone of West Africa by establishing a research base at Kaduna in northern Nigeria. FulBe agropastoralists were selected at the target group because they own most of the cattle in the zone and cattle are the predominant livestock, at least in terms of biomass and traded products. …”
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Insuring the future of farmers under climate change: Panel Discussion by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Bashiru Martins, Agricultural Insurance Corporation of Nigeria Mr. Joseph Plappallil, Agriculture Insurance Company of India Mr. …”
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Insect pests of cowpeas by Jackai, L.E.N., Daoust, R.A.

“…Nigeria alone produces ca 900,000 tons annually (172). …”
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Annual report 2017: CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform by CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform

“…The platform leader, Michael Quinn, and CIMMYT DDG, Marianne Bänziger, visited a large number of CGIAR-supported breeding programs – Africa Rice (Nigeria), CIAT (Colombia), CIMMYT (Kenya, India, Mexico), CIP (Kenya, Peru), ICRAF (Kenya), ICRISAT (Kenya, India), IITA (Nigeria), ILRI (Kenya), BeCA (Kenya), IRRI (Philippines, India), WorldFish (Malaysia) – to better understand challenges, needs and opportunities, and to explain how EiB can provide value to CGIAR breeding institutions and how best to work with EiB. …”
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Transforming yam seed systems in west Africa by Maroya, N., Balogun, M., Aighewi, B., Mignouna, Djana B., Kumar, P. Lava, Asiedu, R.

“…This chapter summarizes the accomplishments of YIIFSWA in Ghana and Nigeria and the spillover impact on the yam belt of West Africa and beyond. …”
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Profiling women’s reality of risk and vulnerabilities in the Nigerian cassava agri-food system by Adeyemo, Temitayo A., Nwanze-Olaosebikan, Olamide, Omitoyin, Siyanbola A.

“…This study examined the cassava agri-food system in Nigeria with a view to profiling the experiences of women in terms of risks and vulnerabilities to livelihood losses. …”
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Genetic and environmental effects on processing productivity and food product yield: drudgery of women's work by Bello, A.A., Agbona, A., Olaosebikan, O., Edughaen, G., Dufour, D., Bouniol, A., Iluebbey, P., Ndjouenkeu, R., Rabbi, I.Y., Teeken, B.

“…Field trials were established in Nigeria (Benue and Osun state) and Cameroon (Littoral zone). …”
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Comparative study on the infection rates of different Glossina species for East and West African Trypanosoma vivax stocks by Moloo, S.K., Kutuza, S.B., Desai, J.

“…Teneral maleOlossina morsitans centralis, G. austeni, G. palpalis palpalis, G. p. gambiensis, G. fuscipes fuscipes, G. tachinoidesandG. brevipalpiswere fed on the flanks of Boran calves infected withTrypanosoma vivaxstock ILRAD 2241 isolated from a cow in Likoni, Kenya; stock ILRAD 2337 isolated from a cow in Galana, Kenya; stock ILRAD 1392 isolated from a cow in Nigeria; or, stock EATRO 1721 isolated fromG. m. submorsitansin Nigeria. …”
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Selection of maize genotypes resistant to pink stem borer and sugarcane borer by Ngwuta, A., Ajala, S., Obi, I.U., Ene-Obong, E.E.

“…Maize is an important economic crop grown in Nigeria. Its production is dramatically affect by the pink stem borer—Sesamia calamistis (Hampson, Noctuidae) and sugarcane borer—Eldana saccharina (Walker, Pyralidae) that are endemic in Southeastern Nigeria. …”
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Are investments in an informal seed system for cowpea a worthwhile endeavour? by Biemond, P.C., Stomph, T., Kamara, A., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Hearne, S., Struik, Paul C.

“…For smallholder cowpea farmers in northern Nigeria the informal seed system is a major supplier of genetically high-quality seed, but the physiological quality of farmers’ produced seed remains unknown. …”
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A review of installation, operation and maintenance of Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) powered lighting sets in a developing country by Olabiyi, B. A., Adegbola, A.A., Kolawole, P.

“…The risk of losing potential investors is a possibility. Nigeria was used as a case study of a developing country facing an extreme electricity shortage for many years. …”
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Comparison of pathogenicity of geographically separate populations of Scutelllonema bradys on yam (Dioscorea spp.) in West Africa by Coyne, Danny L., Williamson, V., Tchabi, A., Baimey, H., Rotifa, I.

“…TDr131 in pot and field experiments in Nigeria between 2002 and 2004. In addition, geographically separated populations, two each from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côted’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Togo, were compared in pot assays in Benin between 2003 and 2004. …”
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Diversity of root-knot nematodes associated with tubers of yam (Dioscorea spp.) established using isozyme analysis and mitochondrial DNA-based identification by Kolombia, Y.A., Karssen, G., Viaene, N., Kumar, P. Lava, Sutter, N. de, Joos, L., Coyne, Danny L., Bert, W.

“…With the aim to establish the diversity of RKN species affecting yam tubers, for control and resistance screening purposes, surveys were conducted in the main yam producing areas of Nigeria. Galled tubers (N = 48) were collected from farmers’ stores and markets in nine states in Nigeria and in one district in Ghana. …”
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Determination of micronutrients and colour variability among new plantain and banana hybrids flour by Adeniji, T.A., Sanni, Lateef O., Barimalaa, I.S., Hart, A.D.

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Leaf appearance in cowpea: effects of temperature and photoperiod by Craufurd, Peter Q., Subedi, M., Summerfield, R.J.

“…Eight genotypes, including the five genotypes grown in Nigeria, were also grown at seven mean temperatures ranging from 15.4 to 33.7°C in controlled environment glasshouses during 1994 in the UK. …”
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