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Access to improved inputs, mechanisation as catalysts for food productivity | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News — Features — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News


A maize farm
Boosting food productivity per hectare through intensive agricultural practices has been described by agricultural scientists and technologists as the most potent way of revving up food production without much disruption to the ecosystem.
This follows moves around the world to tame deforestation as a major factor responsible for global warming and climate change.
Extensive agricultural practices have been pinpointed as a major driver opening up more forests for farmland, and in the process causing deforestation and fuelling climate change.
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But scientists have said, through various experiments and researches, that food productivity is possible without unnecessary opening up of more forests. Some scientists advocate agroforestry, where economic trees are intercropped with food crops while maintaining the forest biodiversity. ....

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Yam production: technologies to the rescue


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The rate of yam consumption is high in West Africa, thanks to its health benefits. Against this background, there are efforts by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and others to increase yam cultivation using vines and minisett, instead of planting only the head,
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Yam is central to food consumption in West Africa. About 48 million tonnes of yam (95 per cent of global supply) are produced on four million hectares yearly in the sub region, mainly in five countries: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo, with Nigeria alone accounting for 70 per cent of its global supply. ....

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FG releases 18 high yielding crop varieties for farmers


By Suleiman Shehu
Ibadan, Dec. 20, 2020 The National Varieties Release Committee (NVRC) has released 18 high yielding crop varieties to boost Nigerian agricultural productivity in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s 9-point agenda.
The release of the new crop varieties was announced by NVRC chairman, Chief Oladosu Awoyemi during its 29th meeting at the National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), Ibadan.
In a press statement from NACGRAB’s Registrar, Dr Sunday Aladele on Sunday, it was stated that the new varieties were approved out of a total of 25 varieties submitted for consideration by research institutions, universities and private seed companies. ....

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