Tuesday, 1 March 2016

RESEARCH INSTITUTE DEVELOPS IMPROVED SEEDS




-          The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), and the Lake Chad Research Institute (LCRI); are to work together to produce improved seeds.

-          The Director-General of the NASC, Dr Philip Olusegun Ojo, disclosed this during a road show on the effect of fake seeds in Ibadan, Oyo State.
-          He hinted that the council is making efforts to improve local cultivation of wheat by making seeds available to farmers.

-          Dr Ojo added that the LCRI has produced wheat varieties that could garner more yields per hectare

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