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dc.contributor.authorOdu, B.O.
dc.contributor.authorCoyne, D.L.
dc.contributor.authorKumar, P.L.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:04:53Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:04:53Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationOdu, B.O., Coyne, D. & Kumar, P.L. (2016). Adapting a yam seed technique to meet farmers' criteria. In: J. Andrade-Piedra, J.W. Bentley, C. Almekinders, K. Jacobsen, S. Walsh and G. Thiele, Case studies of roots, tuber and banana seed systems (pp. 47-64).
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1520
dc.description.abstractSeed yam is costly, and can carry pests and diseases. To reduce costs and to manage seed health, in the 1970s, the Yam Minisett Technique (YMT) was developed, which involved cutting yams into small pieces to be used as seed. Few farmers adopted the technique, in part because of the high labor requirements of making a nursery to sprout the pieces of tuber. In 1992, a DFID-funded project introduced fungicide and insecticide treatment to improve the survival of yam minisetts. The Adapted Yam Minisett Technique (AYMT) was developed during 2003 to 2006 in response to the technical problems of the YMT. The AYMT involved larger pieces of yam, dipped in a solution of fungicide and insecticide, to help manage pests and to ensure that more of the pieces survived. This allowed farmers to skip making the tedious seedbed, and to plant directly in the field. The technique was adapted on four on-farm trials. About 400 farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria have tried the technique. They had credit to buy the pesticides. Although various subsequent projects have promoted the AYMT, farmer response to the technique is yet to be quantified.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectYams
dc.subjectPest Control
dc.subjectDisease Control Methods
dc.subjectYam Minisett Technique
dc.subjectFarming Systems
dc.subjectSeed Yam
dc.titleAdapting a yam seed technique to meet farmers’ criteria
dc.typeBook Chapter
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationObafemi Awolowo University
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectDisease Control
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectPests Of Plants
cg.iitasubjectPlant Diseases
cg.iitasubjectYam
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid81676
cg.targetaudienceScientists


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