The revolutionary trend of maize in Nigeria
Subtitle: my memoir
By: Joseph M. Fajemisin
Contributors: Hartmans, E. H., dedicatee; Aribisala, T. S. B., dedicatee; Efron, Yoel, dedicatee; Fakorede, M. A. B., dedicatee; Kim, Soon Kwon, 1948- dedicatee
Publisher: Phaloray Book Works
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oluyole Estate
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9789785298000; 9789785298017
Subjects: Corn; Varieties; Diseases and pests; History; Research; Corn as food
Description: This is the autobiography of a scientist heavily involved in hybrid maize development in Nigeria in the last fifty years. The central theme is the multi-institutional framework that facilitated maize varietal development and the promotion, uptake and diffusion of the technologies developed. The book starts with the author's eye witness account of how his own father's farm crop was damaged by the outbreak of lowland rust, a maize disease caused by Puccinia poloysora, that swept the continent in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The author chronicles the establishment of the seed industry, a direct product of hybrid maize development in Nigeria. As a result of the expansion of maize beyond its traditional growing zone, several research challenges surfaced: epiphytotoics of maize streak virus and downy mildew diseases, infestation by parasitic weed Striga hermonthica and the maize production abiotic constraints such as low soil nitrogen and drought. Includes reviews of various government-sponsored food production campaigns that utilized maize as a prime crop amenable to on-farm demonstration and massive adoption. Those campaigns include Operation Feed the Nation (OFN), National Accelerated Food Production Project (NAFPP), Agricultural Development Projects (ADAPs), Sasakawa Global 2000, and the current Agricultural Transformation Agenda of the Federal Government.
Notes: Half-title page.

Autobiography.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-168) and index.

Case bound.