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2019 SASHA Brief 15. Towards sustainable production of pre-basic seeds in Nigeria (2015-2019).

Strengthened the capacity of national partners (National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) and Bayero University(BUK)) to produce and manage high quality planting material of breeder, pre-basic and basic seeds: 21 net tunnels, three screen houses, and irrigation facilities were established (Fig. 1). Established, built and strengthened the capacity of Decentralized Vine Multipliers (DVMs) and NGO partners (Kolpin and Linto farms) to commercialize the production of high quality seeds; Net tunnel and Triple S technologies were extended to partners.

Authors: Jude Njoku, Christine Okoye, Shehu Usman Yahaya, Ishiak Khalid, Adeola Sunday Olayiwola

Subjects: Seed systems, Sweetpotatoes, Sweetpotato agri-food systems

Pages: 2

Publisher: International Potato Center

Publication Date: August 31, 2019

Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105958

Rights: Open access: CC-BY-4.0

Keywords: 2019 SASHA Brief 15, Nigeria, Pre-basic seed production

HOW TO CITE

International Potato Center. 2019. SASHA Brief 15. Towards sustainable production of pre-basic seeds in Nigeria (2015-2019). Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa Project (SASHA). CIP. 2 p.