Advances in seed yam propagation methods in Nigeria

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Root Crops Research Institute, Nigeriaen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananasen
cg.coverage.countryNigeriaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NGen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.placeIbadan, Nigeriaen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaYAMen
dc.contributor.authorIkeorgu, J.G.en
dc.contributor.authorMazza, M.A.en
dc.contributor.authorOkonkwo, C.en
dc.contributor.authorKikuno, H.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-27T11:29:50Zen
dc.date.available2017-03-27T11:29:50Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/80519
dc.titleAdvances in seed yam propagation methods in Nigeriaen
dcterms.abstractScarcity and/or high cost of healthy seed yams are the greatest constraints in yam production in Nigeria and probably across the West African Yam belt. Scientists at the National Root Crops Research Umudike developed the yam minisett technique of seed yam production in 1982 but nearly three decades after, the adoption rate of this technology is still below 40%. Concerned about this development, the World Bank mission to Nigeria supervising the National Agricultural Research Projects (NARP) in 1997 wondered why Nigeria could not develop effective systems that would ensure rapid adoption of this proven technology or develop complementary seed yam propagation technologies that would enable farmers to gain access to newly released, high yielding yam varieties soon after release. This paper, therefore, discusses the progress made so far in promoting the yam minisett technique and three other technologies (minituber, vine-cuttings and peelsett) developed to complement the yam minisett technique.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationIkeorgu, J., Mazza, M.A., Okonkwo, C. & Kikuno, H. (2012). Advances in seed yam propagation methods in Nigeria. In: Proceedings of the 11th triennial Symposium of the ISTRC-AB held at Memling Hotel: Tropical roots and tuber crops and the challenges of globalization and climate changes, (pp. 151-154), 4-8 October, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.en
dcterms.extent151-154en
dcterms.issued2012-02en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.publisherInternational Society for Tropical Root Cropsen
dcterms.subjectyamsen
dcterms.subjectproductionen
dcterms.subjecttechnology transferen
dcterms.subjectyam minisetten
dcterms.subjectseed yamsen
dcterms.subjectminituberen
dcterms.subjectpeelsetten
dcterms.subjectvine-cuttingsen
dcterms.typeConference Proceedingsen

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