Cinzana Agriculture Research Station
The project aims to build capacity for sustainable
agriculture among rural communities in Cinzana and Katiena.
Overview
Objectives of the research project
- Build and operate a center of excellence in crop breeding.
- Address the challenge of producing a sustainable domestic
food supply.
- Develop and disseminate to farmers new millet, sorghum
and cowpea varieties.
- Evaluate new cropping practices producing conservation
of water and soil.
- Build nutrition education programs.
- Create and support research information networks.
Key achievements of the research project
- Built facilities for conservation of local germplasm.
- Developed new varieties of millet tolerant to downey
mildew and earworm, new sorghum tolerant to charcolrot
and striga, and new cowpea varieties resistant to
striga, improving on-farm yields by 30% to 100%.
- Initiated pilot systems for disseminating improved seeds
and agronomic technologies to smallholder farmers.
- Facilitated North-South technology transfer on seed treatment.
- Promoted South-South exchange among Sahel millet crop
breeders.
Goals of the research project
- Widen distribution networks for new millet seed
varieties to smallholder farmers.
- Initiate stakeholder education programs on adoption
of new seed and on improved crop management.
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FIELD
STORY
"The most important thing for a
good harvest, Bourema explains, is getting enough
rain.
related topics
Technology transfer is extremely important
to developing countries.
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