Introduction: Maize is a staple crop critical to the food security and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the availability of improved maize varieties, adoption rates among farmers remain suboptimal. Understanding the traits that drive a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2024/v42i92536
Charles Afriyie-Debrah, Joseph Sarkodie Addo, Joseph Nketiah Berchie, Priscilla Francisco Ribeiro & Ebenezer Obeng Yeboah·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2018
Maize (Zea mays L.) is among the main food security crops grown in a wide range of environments in Ghana. The crop grows in a wide range of environmental conditions. In the country, grain yields of maize are considerably affected by genotype x environment interaction (GXE) and ot...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRCS/2018/42047
Aims: To access farmers’ ability to identify traits of their preferred maize varieties and their implication on DUS testing. Study Design: Purposive Sampling of Maize farmers. Place and Duration of Study: Data were collected from two (2) districts (Ejura-Sekyeredumasi and Nkoranz...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/41366