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The Nigerian government has signed for a three-year collaborative programme with ICRISAT to make that country a leading groundnut exporter.
The programme hopes to replicate ICRISAT’s success in Malawi by re-entering the European groundnut export markets through low-cost aflatoxin test kits, in reviving Nigeria’s groundnut pyramid, Nigerian Agriculture Minister Akinwumi Ayodeji said here last night.
Speaking at the 40th anniversary science symposium of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Adesina appreciated ICRISAT in helping Africa and the developing world through its research for development work.
He said ICRISAT’s research work had made semi-arid Ethiopia a major exporter of chick peas, revolutionised food production through large-seeded pigeon pea varieties in Tanzania, improved yields through disease-resistant groundnut in Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia and Mozambique.
ICRISAT Director General William Dar expressed commitment to collaborate with Nigeria in increasing productivity and sustainability of groundnut and sorghum-based systems in the country.
Robert Bertram of the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Bureau for Food Security praised Nigeria’s focus on public-private partnerships.
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