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General information

Innovation ID417
Version ID327
Innovation TitleCowpea cultivar: Sampea 18
Innovation description Sampea 18 was developed and released in Nigeria in 2018. it is early maturity, resistance to diseases (Alectra, bacterial blight, Striga) and tolerant to drought, it has and average yield of 2.5t/ha
Reporting Staff Chris Ojiewo (ICRISAT)
Year (Reporting)2018
Reporting statusApproved
Innovation TypeGenetic (variety and breeds)
Number of varieties1

Stage reached

Stage of InnovationStage 3: available/ ready for uptake
Year (Stage)2018
Stage Descriptionthe variety has been released and is available for farmers to plant
Has a lead organizationyes
Lead OrganizationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Top 5 contributorsInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics; Ahmadu Bello University, Institute of Agricultural Research

Contributions and mapping

All partners
Main CGIAR portfolio
Flagship project
Cluster
Other CGIAR portfolios-Flagships-Clusters CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals,FP4-Variety and Hybrid Development,FP4-4-Science of scaling seed technologies

Scope

Geographic scopeNational
Regions
CountriesNigeria

Targeted outcomes

Main Sub-IDO Reduced pre- and -post production losses, including those caused by climate change
Other Sub-IDO Enhanced genetic gain
Other Sub-IDO

Evidences

Evidences

Linked Elements

Milestones
Outcome Impact Case Efficient Legume Seed Systems for Better Smallholder Farmers’ Livelihoods in the Semi-Arid Tropics https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/baeb8c
Efficient legume seed systems benefitting more than 22 million smallholder farmers in about 4.4 million hectares in the 15 countries in the semi-arid tropics https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/c44580
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