The 2012 RUFORUM Biennial Conference is the third in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. The third Biennial Conference was attended by 657 participants.This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Crop Improvement
Performance of Selected Grain Sorghum Genotypes for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods
Abstract:
Sorghum is a useful cereal crop cultivated by numerous
resource poor farmers in semi arid regions. The crop is
indigenous thus well adapted to various environments in Kenya.
Sorghum performs better than other cereal staples particularly
maize especially during extended dry periods. Experiments to
determine the performance of different sorghum genotypes were
conducted. Results showed that grain yield varied significantly
(Pd”0.01) among the genotypes evaluated. The best four ranked
performers in decreasing order were Kari-mtama 1, IESV
930 SH, IS 27329 and Seredo.
Le sorgho est une céréale d’importance capitale cultivée par
de nombreux agriculteurs pauvres en ressources dans les
régions semi-arides. La culture est indigène et donc bien
adaptée aux différents environnements au Kenya. Le sorgho
est plus performant que les autres céréales de base en particulier
le maïs spécialement pendant de longues périodes de
sécheresse. Les expériences pour déterminer la performance
des différents génotypes du sorgho ont été menées. Les résultats
ont montré que le rendement en grains a varié significativement
(P>0,01) parmi les génotypes évalués. Les quatre classés
meilleurs en performance dans l’ordre décroissant étaient Karimtama
1, IESV 930 SH, IS 27329 et Seredo.
Language:
English
Extended abstracts submitted under Crop Improvement
Date of publication:
2012
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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