On-farm assessment of selected dual-purpose groundnut (Arachis hypogae) cultivars for food and feed

Authors

  • A. T. Omokanye National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University, P. M.B. 1096, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria
  • P. E. Olorunju Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria. 
  • O. S. Onifade National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University, P. M.B. 1096, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria
  • L. Olaosebikan Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.v29i2.1578

Keywords:

Groundnut, cultivars, food, feed, assessmention-farm

Abstract

Ten field trials were conducted on farmers' fields in five villages in sub humid environment of northern Nigeria during the 1998 and 1999 cropping seasons to test the performances of improved groundnut cultivars for forage and seed production. Farmers' preferences and reasons for preference of the cultivars were also assessed. All the selected (improved) cultivars out yielded the local (control) cultivar. Forage, pod and seed yields were greater for cultivar M343-801A, followed by cultivar 88-801 and then cultivar M516-791 in that order. With the exception of Ca concentration, other nutritive value indices measured, showed sufficient concentrations for livestock production during the critical periods of low quality and scarce forage materials. 

Author Biographies

A. T. Omokanye, National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University, P. M.B. 1096, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria

Centre for Farming Systems Research, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag # 1797, Penrith South DC NSW 1797, Australia

O. S. Onifade, National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University, P. M.B. 1096, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria

Department of Pasture and Range Management, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, 

L. Olaosebikan, Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria.

Department of Animal Science

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Published

2021-01-01

How to Cite

Omokanye, A. T. ., Olorunju, P. E., Onifade, O. S. ., & Olaosebikan, L. . (2021). On-farm assessment of selected dual-purpose groundnut (Arachis hypogae) cultivars for food and feed . Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 29(2), 299–307. https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.v29i2.1578

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Vol. 29 No. 2 (2002)

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