High-Yield SARINut 2 Takes Center Stage at CSIR-SARI’s Field Day in Dakpemyili

By Wilhelm Kutah

Dakpemyili, 14th September 2023 — The CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) recently organized a field day in Dakpemyili in the East Gonja district. This event was a platform to showcase a farmer’s field where the high-yielding groundnut variety, SARINUT 2, had been cultivated. The field day attracted farmers from neighboring communities, eager to witness the…

Delineation of the relationship between RGB-based indices and conventional scores for early and late leaf spot diseases in peanut lines

By Wilhelm Kutah

**Principal Investigator: Richard Oteng-Frimpong*   *Collaborating Scientists and Supporting Staff: Yussif B. Kassim, Masawudu A. Rasheed, Emmanuel K. Sie, Doris K. Puozaa*   *Collaborating Institutions: Virginia Tech University, Texas A&M University*   *Sponsor: PIL, AVISA*   **Background:**   Improving peanut cultivars in sub-Saharan Africa faces challenges in accurately and objectively collecting data on a large…

Early generation yield testing in a groundnut population at Nyankpala

By Wilhelm Kutah

**Principal Investigator: Richard Oteng-Frimpong*   *Collaborating Scientists and Supporting Staff: Yussif Baba Kassim, Masawudu Abdul Rasheed, Emmanuel Kofi Sie*   *Collaborating Institutions: ICRISAT*   *Sponsor: AVISA, PIL*   **Introduction:**   Farmers in the Guinea and Sudan agroecological zones of Ghana face challenges resulting in low groundnut yields due to various biotic and abiotic stresses. Early…