"11208","21","archive","1305",,,"disk0/00/01/12/08","2019-08-05 08:57:01","2019-08-05 09:13:51","2019-08-05 08:57:01","monograph",,,"show",,,,"","","","","","","","","","",,,,"Vabi","M B","","","","","",,"Vabi","M B","","","","",,,,,"","",,,,,"","","ICRISAT (Kano)","Nigeria","Best Choices for Enhancing Groundnut Productivity in Nigeria","pub","GH1","CRPS1","CG1","public","technical_report",,"Groundnut Productivity, Nigeria, Ghana",,"The authors of Best Choices for Enhancing Groundnut
Production in Nigeria appreciate the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) and Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation (BMGF) for providing funds used in the implementation
of two projects in Nigeria namely Increasing Groundnut Productivity
o f Small-scale Farmers in Ghana, Mali and Nigeria and Tropical
Legumes (PhaseIII).
The authors also recognize contributions from Dr. Babu Motagi, one
time ICRISAT Groundnut Breeder based in Nigeria, Mr. Bala
Lawal, Mr. Kunihya Ayuba, Engineer Adinoyi Aliyu and Mr.
Hassan-Inuwa Abubakar, of ICRISAT Nigeria. Dr. Hippolyte
Affognon, former Project Coordinator of the Groundnut Upscaling
Project based in Bamako (Mali) played a major role while still in
command. The continuous support of Project Desk Officers and
selected Extension Agents of the ADPs of Kano, Kebbi, Katsina,
Jigawa and Sokoto States was exceptional throughout project
implementation.
Between the 2015 and 2018 cropping seasons, the authors worked
closely with several farmers and farmer groups to demonstrate the
performance of improved versus most popular local groundnut
varieties and different options for managing aflatoxin
contamination. Private seed companies, farmer groups and the
National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) were actively engaged
in building capacities for producing, distributing and marketing of
quality groundnut seeds. These provided real opportunities for
mutual sharing, learning and development of the best practices
included in this document.","Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea), also known as Peanut, is an annual crop
commonly grown by smallholder fanners. The name Groundnut can be
confusing as the plant is not typically a nut. The plant itself grows above
the ground while the nuts (pods) develop and mature underground. It
originated from Central America, and its cultivation spread to the rest of
the world as an oil-seed crop. In Nigeria, pyramid-like structures made of
groundnut sacks were common features in several locations up to the
1970s. These locations included Kofar, Mazugal, Brigade, Bebeji,
Malam Madori and Dawakin Kudu. The pyramid structures constituted
tourist attractions in Northern Nigeria and symbol of the wealth of the
country. These structures gradually disappeared when attention was
shifted away from agriculture to crude oil after the 1970s. Recurrent
rosette virus outbreaks of 1975,1983,1985 and 1988 also discouraged
farmers from groundnut production...","2019","published",,,,,"ICRISAT",,,"29",,,,,,,"ICRISAT",,,,"978-93-86527-02-8",,,,,,,"",,"","",,"USAID & BMGF","USAID Groundnut Scaling Project in Nigeria",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,
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