Nigeria: NIHORT to conduct research on watermelon diseases dislodging Bauchi farmers to Cameroon

Published 2024년 4월 4일

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The National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) Gombe Centre is taking action to address the challenges faced by watermelon farmers in Bara village, Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, as reported by Daily Trust. Following concerns over diseases and pests that have prompted farmers to migrate to Cameroon, Deputy Head of NIHORT, Nasiru Usman, has announced that a research team will visit the village to engage with the farmers and inspect their farms. This visit is the first step in a comprehensive research effort aimed at finding lasting solutions to the problems plaguing watermelon cultivation in the area.

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Following a Daily Trust report, the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) Gombe Centre has concluded plans to conduct research on diseases and pests dislodging watermelon farmers in Bara village, Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State to the Republic of Cameroon. The Deputy Head of NIHORT, Gombe Station, Nasiru Usman, who disclosed the development said a NIHORT research team would be visiting Bara village to verify information published in Daily Trust in preparation for conducting research toward tackling the challenges threatening watermelon farming in the area. Usman said, “We want to visit Bara and have interaction with the farmers that encountered the watermelon diseases and pests’ challenges that defied their efforts to handle and also to see the affected farms that faced the problems. “The visit is a preparation plan for the research on the affected farms because we read the reports in the Daily Trust newspaper and we need ...

Source: Daily Trust (ng)