Agric institute releases 200 crop varieties
Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) of Ahmadu Bello University has released more than 200 crop varieties to boost food in its 100 years of existence. These included 21 improved varieties of cowpea 29 groundnut, 69 maize, 56 sorghum, four sunflower, 17 cotton, seven millet, five wheat, 12 tomato, three soyabean, two sesame and oats….