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Activities carried out:

Both KDC and CSIR - SARI are operating together in multiple FFRUs located in 3 regions: North-East, Northern, Upper East. Their activities include: 

 

  • Storage methods and structures for groundnuts.

  • Organic and inorganic fertilizers to enhance soil fertility.

  • Improved Frafra potato varieties.

  • Evaluation and selection of Fonio varieties and intercrops.

  • Testing of bio-pesticides.

  • Water management.

NUS identified:

  1. FONIO - TECHNOLOGY TESTED: identification of elite climate-smart fonio landraces with high nutritional properties for release as varieties and promotion the cultivation and utilization of fonio outside the known cultivation areas. 

  2. FRA FRA POTATO - TECHNOLOGY TESTED: Demonstration fields of five improved varieties of Frafra potato were released by CSIR-SARI. The objective was to showcase these varieties to the farmers in the communities within the FFRUs and assess their preferences for the different varieties.

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KDC and CSIR-SARI

Sustainable soil management

Sustainable soil management, Integrated soil fertility management strategies, intercropping. 

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KDC and CSIR-SARI

Plant protection

Retrieving plant protection traditional knowledge, Post-harvest management strategies to avoid mycotoxin contamination.

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KDC and CSIR-SARI

Sustainable water management

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