Cameroon distributes 13 tons of improved corn seeds in Lokoundjé

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Cameroon distributes 13 tons of improved corn seeds in Lokoundjé

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- Friday, 20 April 2018 11:55

(Business in Cameroon) - On April 9, 2018, 13 tons of improved corn seeds were distributed to 1,200 producers in Lokoundjé by the minister of agriculture and rural development.

According to officials of that ministry, these seeds will help develop fifteen hectares of cornfields and produce about 1,000 tons of the said cereal during the next corn season.

Let’s remind that thanks to the experts of Agricultural Research and Development Institute, CIRAD, Cameroon now has hybrid corn seeds that could help increase the volume of production to 6-9 tons per hectare while the composite variety only produces 1.8 tons per hectare.

BRM

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