Best Choices for Enhancing Groundnut Productivity in Nigeria

cg.contacth.ajeigbe@cgiar.orgen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISATen_US
cg.contributor.crpCGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals - GLDCen_US
cg.contributor.funderFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAOen_US
cg.contributor.projectAccelerating Agriculture Development: A Partnership Approach to Cereal-Legume Systems Improvement in Yobe State of Nigeriaen_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISATen_US
cg.coverage.countryNGen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.date.embargo-end-dateTimelessen_US
cg.subject.agrovocnigeriaen_US
cg.subject.agrovocghanaen_US
dc.creatorAjeigbe, Hakeemen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-11T05:16:18Z
dc.date.available2020-02-11T05:16:18Z
dc.description.abstractGroundnut (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...en_US
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dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/dspace/limiteden_US
dc.identifierhttp://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11208en_US
dc.identifier.citationBest Choices for Enhancing Groundnut Productivity in Nigeria.en_US
dc.identifier.statusTimeless limited accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/10694
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherICRISATen_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-4.0en_US
dc.subjectgroundnut productivityen_US
dc.titleBest Choices for Enhancing Groundnut Productivity in Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeOther (monograph)en_US
dcterms.available2019-08-05en_US

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