Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation has approved the registration and release of a new Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea (beans) variety for commercialisation.
The approval was granted by the National Committee on Naming, Registration and Release of Crop Varieties recently in Ibadan, Oyo stat
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
