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B.Muralidhar
Crop improvement, Seed systems
Grain legumes, Groundnut
Farming Systems, Livelihood Systems
West and Central Africa, Burkina Faso
20 Dec 19
Groundnut breeding program in Burkina Faso gets a boost with seven new improved groundnut varieties
Groundnut, Tropical Legumes, TL-III, legume, crop, increase, production, varieties, developing
English
Genetic Gains Program
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and national agricultural research systems partners (NARS) from 7 African countries and the Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR), Kanpur, (UP) in India
Dr Rajeev K Varshney
ICRISAT Happenings 1833-3, 20 December 2019
Science
https://www.icrisat.org/burkina-faso-gets-a-boost-with-seven-new-improved-groundnut-varieties/
More than 20 years after the last groundnut seed variety was registered in the seed catalog, the groundnut breeding program in West and Central Africa is set to be enhanced through the registration of seven improved groundnut varieties in Burkina Faso. The registration in the West Africa Variety Catalog 2018 was achieved by the Institute of Environment and Agricultural Research (INERA) through its groundnut improvement program in collaboration with ICRISAT.
20 Dec 19
GLDC