Prof. Olusoji Olafajo, with National Chairman Varietal registration, Chief Oladosun Awoyomi and CEO NACGRAB, Dr. Sunday Alade |
Another
seventeen new hybrid crops has been registered this year by the National
Committee on Naming, Registration and Release of Crop Varieties, Livestock
Breeders and Fisheries at the National Centre for Genetic Resources and
Biotechnology (NACRAB), Ibadan, Oyo state.
The Chairman
of the Committee, Chief Awoyemi said that these new hybrid varieties would add
value to commercial production of crops production towards food security just
as he observed there was no registration for livestock and fisheries.
The 17 crops
approved for naming and registration by the National committee included two (5)
potatoes-(Rumba and jelly), eight (8) maize hybrids (DK 234, DK 777, DK818, DK
290, OBA SUPER 11, OBA SUPER 13, SAMMAZ 46 and SAMMAZ 47) and One (1) Maize
variety (SAMMAZ 48), Two (2) Sorghum OPVs (SAMSORG 45 and SAMSORG 46), Two (2)
Sweet pepper Hybrids (Jupiter and Lafayette) and two (2) Cabbage hybrids
(Gloria and Pruktor). All these new hybrids varieties have gone through all
processes of farms trails before getting to this stage of registration.
Meanwhile the
official of National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) Mr. Agboola has insisted
that his organization would not allow importation of any of these registered
seeds saying it is against the principle of certified seed production in Nigeria.
The chairman, Technical Sub Committee,
Crops, Prof. OlusojiOlufajo In an interview with us buttressed what Mr.Agboola
of NASC said that only varieties gazetted in the national catalogue would be
allowed for commercial production in the country although many stakeholders
observed most companies are afraid of their parental line being stolen without
any property right in place for the protection of parental line.
It is
observed by the stakeholders that the descriptors format for livestock and
fisheries need to be put in place, and until this is done the registration of
the livestock and fisheries varieties would still be difficult just as the
Chief executive Officer of NACRAB, Dr. Sunday Alade pointed that private people
are still apprehensive of bringing up their species.
The CEO of
NACGRAB also hinted that the funding for varietal release meeting has been
included in the 2016 budget thereby appreciating the financial support of WAAP
which has ended.
Other
recommendation at the meeting includes
-the
Technical Sub- Committee (TSC) appreciated the financial support received so
far from WAAPP, National Biotechnology development Agency (NABDA), IAR&T,
IAR, Premier Seeds Nigeria LTD and Kaduna state towards the hosting of the
meeting.
_the TSC
(Crops) also suggested that a letter of appreciation should be written to WAAPP
for the finance support WAAP for the financial support received so far.
-the
Registrar enjoined all breeders who want to register crops that have not been
registered and released in Nigeria before to submit the descriptors for
consideration to the committee prior to the preparation of varietal release
proposal.
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