Faced with the effects of climate change, INIFAP improves chickpea yield and quality for the benefit of producers in Mexico

Published 2021년 6월 21일

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with INIFAP, is developing new varieties of chickpea for Baja California South to increase production and quality, benefiting small and medium-scale farmers. The project, funded by a mixed fund, aims to improve the yield and quality of chickpea grain by at least 15%, reducing water usage and agrochemical needs. The research includes a Molecular Biology Laboratory and involves training, dissemination events, and scientific publications. The technology package includes disease forecasting models, forage chickpea management, and promotion of basic seed use. The project also focuses on updating the technological package for producing both white chickpea and forage, covering various aspects from sowing dates to pest control.

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SADER PRESS RELEASE. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development promotes, through the National Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Research (INIFAP), the development of science that allows increasing the production and quality of legumes, which directly impacts small-scale farmers. and medium scale. Among the benefits that chickpea provides to human health are its high concentration of protein and different compounds with antioxidant, antihypertensive, hypocholesterolemic and anticancer activity. BAJA CALIFORNIA SOUTH. Faced with the effects of climate change, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, through the National Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Research (INIFAP), develops technology to produce new varieties of white and forage chickpea with better performance and quality in Baja California South. This scientific innovation - applied by the agency's technicians - will contribute to increasing the production and quality of the ...

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