{"id":17928,"date":"2017-10-05T16:26:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T15:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=17928"},"modified":"2017-10-05T16:29:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T15:29:18","slug":"cassava-farmers-ogun-adopts-improved-weed-management-practices-records-27tonsha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/cassava-farmers-ogun-adopts-improved-weed-management-practices-records-27tonsha\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassava farmers in Ogun adopts improved weed management practices, records 27tons\/ha"},"content":{"rendered":"

On-farm demonstrations in Ogun state, Nigeria under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) managed Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP) have produced average yields of 27 tons per hectare surpassing the national average of about 8 tons\/ha.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The demos were conducted in 2016 in the three senatorial districts of Ogun states using an integrated weed control package developed by the IITA-CWMP.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Presenting the results during the Joint Quarterly Review Meeting of the project in Abeokuta, Dr Patience Olorunmaiye, a scientist at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), said the yield from the demonstration plots were impressive and a proof of concept that if farmers adopted improved weed management practices, they would be better off.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The highest yield from the demonstration farms was 32 tons\/ha with 96 percent of the demonstration farms recording more than 20 tons\/ha.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Prof\u00a0Friday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Ekeleme, Principal Investigator of the IITA-CWMP said the results clearly show that weeds were a major factor limiting the potential of cassava in Africa.<\/p>\n

In the last four years, the IITA-CWMP with funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation made a bold decision to unravel the puzzle of weeds menace in cassava.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Explaining further, a statement issued by IITA \u00a0Communication & Knowledge Exchange Expert, Godwin Atser<\/i>\u00a0said \u201cWorking with a coalition of partners including the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, University of Agriculture Makurdi, the National Root Crops Research Institute, and extension partners; the team set up trials in the three agroecological zones of the country including the humid forest, derived savannah and the southern guinea savannah. These trials led to the selection of safe and environmentally friendly herbicides with other agronomic practices that formed the package that was used in setting up the demos in Ogun and other states of Nigeria (Abia, Benue, and Oyo). Results from the other states are also being compiled for analysis\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Prof. Ekeleme said the results from Ogun state was a thing of joy not only to the project team but also to the country at large.<\/p>

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\u00a0He said the results indicated that the project was achieving one of its major objectives, which is to double the national average yield of cassava, generate wealth, and reduce the burden of weeding in cassava farming systems.<\/p>\n

Grown by over 4.5 million people in Nigeria, cassava is a major staple contributing to food security and wealth of the nation. Although Nigeria is a major producer of the root crop accounting for over 54 million tons per annum, average yield per ha is low with weeds being fingered as a major block.<\/p>\n

Researchers say farmers cannot grow cassava more than they can weed\u2014a situation that limits farm size and subject farmers to perpetual penury.<\/p>\n

Dr Alfred Dixon, a director with IITA and Project Leader for IITA-CWMP said the project would help Nigeria change the narrative of cassava production.<\/p>\n

He called on the government of Nigeria to partner IITA in scaling up the findings of the project to millions of cassava farmers for national development and poverty reduction.<\/p>\n

The Project Leader commended the Justice Development and Peace Movement (JDPM) in Oyo , Justice Development and Peace Movement (JDPM) in Ogun, Abia State Agricultural Development Program, Benue Agriculture and Rural Development Authority (BNARDA), Ogun State Agricultural Development Program (OGADEP), and Oyo State Agricultural Development Program (OYSADEP) for their support in setting up the demonstrations across the states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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