AreaNigeria

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityMaize and Sorghum

Date08/02/2016

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentGMO Policy

DescriptionRelease of 17 new high yield crop varieties approved by the National Varieties Release Committee to enhance food production according to the. Among those, eight correspond to maize hybrids, one to maize and two to sorghum.