African Journal of
Plant Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Plant Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0824
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 807

Full Length Research Paper

Assessing production constraints, management and use of pearl millet in the Guinea Savanna Agro-ecology of Ghana

Peter Anabire Asungre
  • Peter Anabire Asungre
  • CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, P. O. Box 46, Bawku, Ghana.
  • Google Scholar
Richard Akromah
  • Richard Akromah
  • Faculty of Agriculture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kabwe, Zambia.
  • Google Scholar
Alexander Wiredo Kena
  • Alexander Wiredo Kena
  • Faculty of Agriculture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kabwe, Zambia.
  • Google Scholar
Prakash Gangashetty
  • Prakash Gangashetty
  • International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) India.
  • Google Scholar


  •  Received: 28 August 2021
  •  Accepted: 22 November 2021
  •  Published: 30 November 2021

References

Afribeh D, Akromah R, Safo-Katanka O, Sarkodie-Addo J (2006). Genetic variation within Tongo Yellow. A Ghanaian pearl millet. International Journal of Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 47:14-15.

 

Akromah R, Afribeh D, Abdulai MS (2008). Genetic variation and trait correlation in a bird-resistant pearl millet landrace population. African Journal of Biotechnology 7(12):1847-1850.
Crossref

 

Asungre AP, Akromah R, Atokple IDK (2015). Agro-Morphological Characterisation of Pearl Millet Accessions in Ghana. International Journal of Research in Agricultural Sciences 2(2):79-86.

 

Bawa A (2019). Agriculture and Food Security in Northern Ghana. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics and Sociology, September:1-7.
Crossref

 

Bennett-Lartey SO, Oteng-Yeboah AA (2008). Ghana Country Report on the State of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Issue April):1-36.

View

 

Burton GW (1985). Collection, evaluation and storage of pearl millet germplasm. Field Crops Research 11(C):123-129.
Crossref

 

Dawud MA, Angarawai II, Tongoona PB, Ofori K, Eleblu JSY, Ifie BE (2017). Farmers' Production Constraints, Knowledge of Striga and Preferred Traits of Pearl Millet in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research: D Agriculture and Veterinary 17(3).

 

Davies O (1968). The origins of agriculture in West Africa. Current Anthropology 9(5, Part 2):479-482.
Crossref

 

Dietz T, Millar D, Dittoh S, Obeng F, Ofori-Sarpong E (2004). Climate and Livelihood Change in North East Ghana. In AJ Dietz, R Ruben, A Verhagen (Eds.), The Impact of Climate Change on Drylands, with a Focus on West Africa. Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Environment and Policy Series 39:149-172.
Crossref

 

Dwivedi SL, Sahrawat KL, Rai KN, Blair MW, Hall E, Andersson MS, Pfeiffer W (2012). Nutritionally Enhanced Staple Food Crops. In Jules Janick (Ed.), Plant Breeding Reviews 36:169-291. John Willey & Sons, Inc.
Crossref

 

Etwire PM, Atokple IDK, Buah SSJ, Abdulai AL, Karikari AS, Asungre AP (2013). Analysis of the seed system in Ghana. International Journal of Advance Agricultural Research 1:7-13.

 

Ghana Statistical Service, GSS (2018). Statistics for Development and Progress Provisional 2017 Annual Gross Domestic Product. Poverty Reduction Strategies in Action: Perspectives and Lessons from Ghana, Apri: 10.

 View

 

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) (2019). 2017/18 Ghana Census of Agriculture: National Report.

 

Jalata Z, Ayana A, Zeleke H (2011). Variability, Heritability and Genetic Advance for Some Yield and Yield Related Traits in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Landraces in Ethiopia. International Journal of Plant Breeding and Genetics 5(1):44-52.
Crossref

 

Kanton RAL, Asungre AP, Ansoba EY, Inusah B, Bidzakin J, Abubakari M, Toah P, Haggan L, Totoe C, Akum F (2015). Evaluation of Pearl millet Varieties for Adaptation to the Semi-Arid Agro-Ecology of Northern Ghana. Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International 3(1):1-11.
Crossref

 

Khairwal I, Rai K, Diwakar B, Sharma Y, Rajpurohit B, Nirwan B, Bhattacharjee R (2007). Pearl Millet Crop Management and Seed Production Manual. Manual. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.

 

Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) (2011). Agriculture in Ghana: Facts and Figures 2010. In Ministry of Food and Agriculture-Ghana: Statistics, Research and Information Directorate http://mofa.gov.gh/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/AGRICULTURE-IN-GHANA-FF-2010.pdf

 

Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) (2019). Agriculture in Ghana: Facts and figures 2018. In Ministry of Food and Agriculture- Ghana: Statistics, Research and Information Directorate.

 

Nkegbe PK, Abu BM, Issahaku H (2017). Food security in the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Zone of Ghana: An ordered probit with household hunger scale approach. Agriculture and Food Security 6(1):1-11.
Crossref

 

Rai OP, Yadav KN (2013). Genetic Improvement of Pearl Millet in India. Agricultural Research 2(4):275-292.
Crossref

 

Rao PP, Birthal PS, Reddy BVS, Rai KN, Ramesh S (2006a). Diagnostics of sorghum and pearl millet grains-based nutrition in India. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 47:93-96.

 

Rao PP, Birthal PS, Reddy BVS, Rai KN, Ramesh S (2006b). Diagnostics of Sorghum and Pearl Millet Grains-based Nutrition in India. SAT EJournal by ICRISAT 2(1).

 

Sugri I, Kanton RAL, Kusi F, Nutsugah SK, Buah SSJ, Zakaria M (2013a). Influence of Current Seed Programme of Ghana on Maize (Zea mays) Seed Security. Reserach Journal of Seed Sciences 6(2):29-39.
Crossref

 

Sugri I, Kusi F, Kanton RAL, Nutsugah SK, Zakaria M (2013b). Sustaining Frafra Potato (Solenostemon rotundifolius Poir.) in the Food Chain; Current Opportunities in Ghana. Journal of Plant Sciences 1(4):68-75.

 

Sugri I, Maalekuu BK, Gaveh E, Kusi F (2017). Sweet Potato Value Chain Analysis Reveals Opportunities for Increased Income and Food Security in Northern Ghana. Advances in Agriculture, 1-14.
Crossref

 

Tefera T, Tefera F (2014). Determinants of Households Food Security and Coping Strategies for Food Shortfall in Mareko District, Guraghe Zone Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Food Security 2(3):92-99.

 

Tetteh F, Larbi A, Nketia KA, Senayah JK, Hoeschle-Zeledon I, Abdul-Rahman N (2016). Suitability of soils for cereal cropping in Northern Ghana. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, July, 5.

 

Tortoe C, Akonor PT, Hagan L, Kanton RAL, Asungre AP, Ansoba EY (2019). Assessing the suitability of flours from five pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum) varieties for bread production. International Food Research Journal 26(1):329-336.

 

Wilson JP, Sanogo MD, Nutsugah SK, Angarawal I, Fofana A, Traore A, Ahmadou I, Muuka FP (2008). Evaluation of pearl millet for yield and downy mildew resistance across seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa. African Journal of Agricultural Research 3(5):371-378.