The West African Sahel and dry savannahs cover a large northern sector of the sub-region from Nigeria through Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, to Senegal where natural resource limitations, especiall
Landraces of maize (Zea mays L.) are invaluable sources of genetic variability for improving agronomic traits, and they hold great promise in developing new maize varieties with enhanced resilience to
Sudan had the largest agricultural land area in Africa in 2022, corresponding to around 112.7 million hectares. Following, South Africa and Nigeria had roughly 96.3 million and 69.8 million hectares o