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dc.contributor.authorKamara, A.Y.
dc.contributor.authorEllis-Jones, J.
dc.contributor.authorEkeleme, F.
dc.contributor.authorOmoigui, L.O.
dc.contributor.authorAmaza, P.
dc.contributor.authorChikoye, D.
dc.contributor.authorDugje, I.Y.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:10:27Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:10:27Z
dc.date.issued2010-06
dc.identifier.citationKamara, A.Y., Ellis-Jones, J., Ekeleme, F., Omoigui, L., Amaza, P., Chikoye, D. & Dugje, I.Y. (2010). A participatory evaluation of improved cowpea cultivars in the Guinea and Sudan savanna zones of north east Nigeria. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 56(3), 355-370.
dc.identifier.issn0365-0340
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2147
dc.descriptionPublished online: 05 Nov 2009
dc.description.abstractA number of improved varieties have been developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), combining diverse plant type with resistance or tolerance to several diseases, insect pests, and parasitic weeds and possessing other good agronomic traits. Trials were established with farmers to evaluate several new IITA-bred cowpea varieties on-farm in a process of participatory varietal selection. Central to this has been a ‘mother-daughter’ approach with researcher-managed ‘mother’ trials and farmer-managed ‘daughter’ trials in order to combine researchers' and farmers' criteria in evaluation of new varieties. In both set of trials, new varieties IT89KD-391, IT97K-499-35, and IT89KD-288 were favoured by farmers because of their high grain and fodder yields. Farmers have also shown interest in the continuous use of a local variety Kanannado Brown. It is suitable for relay intercropping; having a creeping habit, and the ability to smother weeds. The brown seeds fetch higher market prices. The implications are that improved cowpea varieties should be suitable for relay-intercropping and controlling weeds, be brown in colour, have large grain size, be pest resistant as well as give high yields of grain and fodder. At the same time, it is important that the farmer's criteria should be considered in breeding and varietal selection programmes.
dc.description.sponsorshipCanadian International Development Agency
dc.format.extent355-370
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.subjectCultivars
dc.subjectCowpea Varieties
dc.subjectParticipatory Research
dc.subjectExtension Approach
dc.subjectFarmer Participatory Evaluation
dc.titleA participatory evaluation of improved cowpea cultivars in the Guinea and Sudan savanna zones of north east Nigeria
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationAgriculture-4-Development, UK
cg.contributor.affiliationMichael Okpara University of Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Maiduguri
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectCowpea
cg.iitasubjectGrain Legumes
cg.iitasubjectResearch Method
cg.journalArchives of Agronomy and Soil Science
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid90762
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03650340903099692


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