The lead breeder of a new yam candidate ( White rotundata UmuDr32) which was among the newly approved crop varieties at the recently held 33rd national technical- committee meeting on crop varieties, Dr. Jude Obidiegwu has said the new improved yam seed is with striking attributes that made it very much outstanding over the last two released varieties as it is potentially capable of generating billions of dollar into yam productivity system both in local and international markets.
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An official, National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), Mr. Zidafamor Ebiarede Jimmy has said Nigeria is already building a laboratory whereby DeoxyriboNucleic Acid ( DNA) fingers’ print of users will soon be established to monitor and ensure standard of all improved seeds in circulation.
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The Lake Chad Research Institute (LCRI) has presented two (DURUM) wheat varieties namely MBA-MAJA and ALTAR-84 as LACRIWHIT 12D and LACRIWHIT 13D respectively for registration and release for farmers’ cultivation to enhance the productivity of semolina and other pasta as food consumptions .
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The rapeseed plant usually blooms in the summer and is famous for its golden-yellow flowers.
Belonging to the cabbage family, it’s closely related to turnip and mustard.
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The Chairman, Technical Committee on Naming, Registration and Release of Crop varieties, Prof. O. O Olufajo has commended the effort of Nigerian and Dutch Governments for initiating a proactive Collaborative Seed Programme (CPS) that will bring about easy way of doing business for more economic earnings and more quality seeds accessibility to farmers especially in view of Plant Variety Protection Act of 2021.
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There is no official letter that can be attributed to the threat order on Nigerian cocoa produce being said to be sanctioned for rejection in the European markets against next year, Food Farm News findings revealed.
