Post by Trade Coach on Jan 20, 2022 9:23:19 GMT 1
Record Breaking: Nigeria Releases 49 High-Yielding New Crop Varieties For Farmers – The Country’s High-Yielding Crops Now 67
The country is entering its name in the world’s agricultural records books as the National Varieties Release Committee; (NVRC) has released 49 high-yielding crop varieties to boost the country’s agricultural productivity.
The information was released to the public on Wednesday 12th of January, 2022 by the Chairman of the committee, Oladosu Awoyemi, during the committee’s 30th meeting on naming, registration and release of crop varieties, livestock breed/fishes in Ibadan Oyo State capital, Nigeria.
The Chairman, Oladosu Awoyemi, explained at the presentation that all the 49 hybrid varieties of 11 crops submitted for consideration, registration and release by the Nigerian Research Institutes and private sector seed companies were approved for release.
The following are the crop varieties:
Two rice hybrids namely: Arize 6444 Gold and Arize TEJ Gold.
Two high protein-rich oat varieties namely: SAMOAT 1 and 2 three Durum Wheat varieties namely: LACRI-WHIT 12D and LACRI-WHIT 13D.
Three Pro Vitamin A hybrid cassavas namely: UMUCASS 52, UMUCASS 53 and UMUCASS 54.
Nineteen maize varieties namely: ILOMAZ 2, HAKIM 1, HAKIM 2, DK7500, SAMMAZ 64, 65, 66, 67, WAC55E, Drought TECO WE8206, WACQH6, WAC55E, WAC14M5, among others.
Mr. Oladosu Awoyemi explained that the NVRC setup the committee and made it compulsory for anybody who wants to release new varieties of crop into the Nigerian farming community to send samples of the seed of the crop to the research institute that is relevant for it.
The research institute will have to test such seeds across the ecological zones for which it is recommended.
If they are satisfied that it is suitable for cultivation in Nigeria, then they will bring it to the committee to officially consider it for release on registration.
The chairman said that they a national register of all important products that are produced in Nigeria and have been certified by the committee. This is very important because if there is any new research officer who wants to go into any crop research, he or she will go into the register to see what has been done in the past on the crop before he can now start on what to do in the future.
It can be recalled that Nigeria released 18 varieties of high-yielding crop varieties to farmers during the 29th meeting of the committee held in December, 2020. This has brought the total high-yielding varieties of crops in Nigeria’s farming community to 67 within a space of two years.
Durum Wheat was sponsored by the Jigawa State Commissioner for Agriculture; He said “That this is the first time that hard Wheat (Durum Wheat) would be registered and released to Nigerian farmers.”
The commissioner said that Durum Wheat is very high in yielding as it has a very low fertilizer requirement, and produces big grains which are attractive and that the price is different in the markets which will give farmers high earnings.
The commissioner of Agriculture in Jigawa State, Mohammed Alhassan said that the state government “is to make sure that the economy of the country was improved through agriculture for the benefits of Nigerians, especially people of Jigawa State”.
They noted that “If we can grow our own oats, then, such an amount of money spent in foreign exchange on importation of oats will be conserved for the country.”
Olusegun Ojo, the Director-General of National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), said the 49 crops that have been officially released by the committee would be passed on to the council.
He explained that the council will make arrangement for wide multiplication of the crops for distribution to all farmers across the country.
The country is set out to be a force to be reckoned with in agriculture among nations soon; so be on the lookout for innovations coming out from various government agencies like this in the nearest future.
Our company is one of the best companies in Agro Export Business in Nigeria today, we train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Export Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.
The country is entering its name in the world’s agricultural records books as the National Varieties Release Committee; (NVRC) has released 49 high-yielding crop varieties to boost the country’s agricultural productivity.
The information was released to the public on Wednesday 12th of January, 2022 by the Chairman of the committee, Oladosu Awoyemi, during the committee’s 30th meeting on naming, registration and release of crop varieties, livestock breed/fishes in Ibadan Oyo State capital, Nigeria.
The Chairman, Oladosu Awoyemi, explained at the presentation that all the 49 hybrid varieties of 11 crops submitted for consideration, registration and release by the Nigerian Research Institutes and private sector seed companies were approved for release.
The following are the crop varieties:
Two rice hybrids namely: Arize 6444 Gold and Arize TEJ Gold.
Two high protein-rich oat varieties namely: SAMOAT 1 and 2 three Durum Wheat varieties namely: LACRI-WHIT 12D and LACRI-WHIT 13D.
Three Pro Vitamin A hybrid cassavas namely: UMUCASS 52, UMUCASS 53 and UMUCASS 54.
Nineteen maize varieties namely: ILOMAZ 2, HAKIM 1, HAKIM 2, DK7500, SAMMAZ 64, 65, 66, 67, WAC55E, Drought TECO WE8206, WACQH6, WAC55E, WAC14M5, among others.
Mr. Oladosu Awoyemi explained that the NVRC setup the committee and made it compulsory for anybody who wants to release new varieties of crop into the Nigerian farming community to send samples of the seed of the crop to the research institute that is relevant for it.
The research institute will have to test such seeds across the ecological zones for which it is recommended.
If they are satisfied that it is suitable for cultivation in Nigeria, then they will bring it to the committee to officially consider it for release on registration.
The chairman said that they a national register of all important products that are produced in Nigeria and have been certified by the committee. This is very important because if there is any new research officer who wants to go into any crop research, he or she will go into the register to see what has been done in the past on the crop before he can now start on what to do in the future.
It can be recalled that Nigeria released 18 varieties of high-yielding crop varieties to farmers during the 29th meeting of the committee held in December, 2020. This has brought the total high-yielding varieties of crops in Nigeria’s farming community to 67 within a space of two years.
Durum Wheat was sponsored by the Jigawa State Commissioner for Agriculture; He said “That this is the first time that hard Wheat (Durum Wheat) would be registered and released to Nigerian farmers.”
The commissioner said that Durum Wheat is very high in yielding as it has a very low fertilizer requirement, and produces big grains which are attractive and that the price is different in the markets which will give farmers high earnings.
The commissioner of Agriculture in Jigawa State, Mohammed Alhassan said that the state government “is to make sure that the economy of the country was improved through agriculture for the benefits of Nigerians, especially people of Jigawa State”.
They noted that “If we can grow our own oats, then, such an amount of money spent in foreign exchange on importation of oats will be conserved for the country.”
Olusegun Ojo, the Director-General of National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), said the 49 crops that have been officially released by the committee would be passed on to the council.
He explained that the council will make arrangement for wide multiplication of the crops for distribution to all farmers across the country.
The country is set out to be a force to be reckoned with in agriculture among nations soon; so be on the lookout for innovations coming out from various government agencies like this in the nearest future.
Our company is one of the best companies in Agro Export Business in Nigeria today, we train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Export Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.