Nofou Ouédraogo

Determination of Twelve Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Varietal Status to Midge Damage in Hotspot Area of Burkina Faso

Nofou Ouédraogo, Issouf Kouraogo, Edouard Drabo, Antoine Waongo, Armel W P Sawadogo, Baloua Nébié, Vernon Gracen & Louis-Marie Raboin · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2024

Sorghum is a staple food for millions of people in rural areas of Burkina Faso and is the most important crop grown in the three different climatic zones. However, in the Eastern part of the country, its production is considerably reduced by sorghum midge, Stenodiplosis sorghicol...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i111712

Genotype x Environment Interaction and Stability of Heading Time and Grain Yield of 12 Open Pollinated Sorghum Varieties across Different Agro-ecological Zones in Burkina Faso

Nofou Ouédraogo, Armel P W Sawadogo, Moustapha Koala, Issouf Kouraogo, Baloua Nébié & Vernon Gracen · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2024

Sorghum is the most important crop grown in Burkina Faso and is a staple food for millions of people in rural areas. However, sorghum grain production is mainly from local varieties which are low yielding. Introduced exotic varieties were high yielding but low adopted due to bad...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i82709

Genotype x Environment Interactions and Stability of Grain Yield of Maize Hybrids across Sudanian and Sudano-Sahelian Agro-ecological Zones in Burkina Faso

Nofou Ouédraogo, Nerbéwendé Sawadogo, Abdoulazize Banhoro, Issouf Kouraogo, Oumar Boro, Armel Prisca Sawadogo & Vernon Gracen · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2023

Maize is an important staple crop for millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa and, particularly in Burkina Faso, where it ranks first among cereals since 2020. Available maize varieties are low yielding. To enhance maize production SEMAFORT, a seed company founded recently in Bu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i183508