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 The NERICA
Advantage
• Higher
yields (by 50% without fertilizer and by more than 200% with fertilizer).
•
Earlier
maturity (by 30–50 days).
•
Resistance
to local stresses.
•
Higher
protein content (by 2%).
Potential
Economic Powerhouse
Because of
this unique technology package, NERICAs have a huge potential
economic impact in Africa for:
• Feeding
subsistence farmers’ households.
•
Generating surplus harvests.
• Boosting
income and consumption.
• Reducing
imports and saving foreign exchange.
From Lab to
Field
To quickly
move the NERICA technology into farmers’ hands, WARDA and its
partners have adopted farmer-participatory approaches, such as
the
Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS) and community-based seed production
systems (CBSS).
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Showcasing NERICA in Guinea
Farmer-participatory approaches were successfully
used
to introduce NERICA varieties to Guinea. As a result, Guinean
farmers are now able to gross US$65 per hectare with minimal inputs,
and US$145 per hectare with a moderate level of inputs.
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