AreaNigeria

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityWheat

Date12/09/2019

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support

DescriptionReleased a high-yielding wheat variety to farmers in order to improve national output of this crop. The new variety can easily adapt to irrigated conditions in the Suddano-Sahelian zone and has a potential yield of 7.1 tonnes per hectare.