Working towards release of drought tolerant and disease resistant groundnut...
With the aim of proposing best bet groundnut varieties for release by the National Agricultural Seed Council, multi-location trials were conducted for the 2015 cropping season at Minjibir, Gumel, Zango...
View ArticleGenome code of cultivated groundnut cracked
In a scientific breakthrough that promises accelerated gene discovery and development of improved cultivars, researchers have completed high quality sequencing of the ancestral genomes of groundnut....
View ArticleTechnologies developed in Malawi reduce drudgery and labor in groundnut
The most labor intensive operations in groundnut production – harvesting, stripping and shelling – have now been mechanized to ease the drudgery and labor of smallholder farmers. Through a consortium...
View ArticleDevi variety popular with groundnut seed farmers in Odisha, India
Farmers are taking up seed production of Devi (ICGV 91114), the early-maturing and drought tolerant variety of groundnut in a big way. The foundation seed and certified seed production of this variety...
View ArticleAflatoxin detection gets a boost in Nigeria: Laboratories installed at two...
Creating awareness about aflatoxin, its prevention and detection is a priority target in the groundnut and sorghum value chain programme of the Federal Government of Nigeria. In a step towards...
View ArticleSmall farmers don’t give up on Pendo groundnut in Tanzania
Blog by Emmanuel Monyo. This blog first appeared on ICRISAT’s Agri-buzz Annual groundnut production in Tanzania doubled from 340,770 tons in 2008 to 810,000 tons in 2012, and smallholder farmers as...
View ArticleNigerian farmers beat high temperatures with dry-season groundnut varieties
Farmers in northern Nigeria are switching over to groundnut production in the hottest months of the year. From an initial six farmers cultivating the improved groundnut variety in the 2012 dry season,...
View ArticleGlobal team cracks ancestor genome of groundnut
A scientific breakthrough on the DNA sequencing of groundnut promises the development of improved groundnut varieties with enhanced traits such as increased pod and oil yield; drought and heat...
View ArticleSeed fairs to promote climate resilient varieties in West Africa
Aiming to increase awareness of farmers on climate-resilient varieties of groundnut and maize and create opportunities to network with diverse players along the value chain, two seed fair programs were...
View ArticleGenomics project on groundnut aflatoxin research launched
To identify the genomic regions and genes associated with aflatoxin resistance in groundnut using a combination of genomics approaches, a new research project was launched. Aflatoxins are...
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