The Phase II of Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity and Enhancement (HOPE), an initiative intended to help farmers of millet and sorghum in Nigeria, is being implemented with new seeds varieties provided farmers in four states in the country.
One of the farmers who spoke with Newsdiaryonline, Tukur Ibrahim explained that the new millet variety was planted with cowpea. “To provide for crop rotation, two ridges of the new millet variety is planted side by side with three ridges of cowpea. We have witnessed great difference between the new variety and the conventional millet seed,” adding that “the millet that is being harvested now was planted on June 27th 2016.” See more