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Ghanaian researchers have developed a necrophora-resistant cowpea to help farmers fight against the maruca insect pest infesting their farms, in order to increase their productivity.
ranging from about 20 to about 80%.
Necrophora-resistant cowpea will repel maruca pests to help reduce these losses to the lowest level.
The purpose of the project is to develop and the project is coordinated by the African Foundation for Agricultural Technology (AATF), with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to promote technological interventions that would improve cowpea production in Africa.
Dr. Mumuni Abudulai, entomologist and senior researcher at the Council Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research – Agricultural Research Institute of Savanna (CSIR-SARI), who gave an update on the project, said that the gene Swamp driller resistance has been introduced in some cowpea varieties preferred by breeders. evaluated in Ghana, Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
He noted that necrophora-resistant cowpea would reduce the health risks to which farmers were exposed when they used chemical insecticides to control pests.
farmers would have access to improved varieties of cowpea that would increase their yield.
million. Abudulai said the expected improvement in yield would affect household, national and global food security and the country's economic situation.
release of cowpea was being evaluated and would therefore be discontinued when regulatory procedures were completed.
Farmers, who were trying to bean the pod The cowpea resistant to confined field trials confirmed the effectiveness of cowpea and said it would boost bean production in Ghana.
They pleaded with the government to speed up the regulatory process so that they could access the seeds and start farming.
million. Rasheed Issah, a Damango farmer, said: "The technology really works and helps reduce the use of the insecticide.This will help me save money that I will be able to use to enlarge my farm. "
Source: GNA
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