INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL
RESEARCH (IAR) SAMARU
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E-mail: iar20002001@yahoo.com
website: www.iar-samaru.org
Director: Dr A. M. Falaki
Dep. Director: Prof E. Amans
SA MAR U
MISSION STATEMENT:
To generate, disseminate
and impart improved
agricultural technologies
for enhanced crop
production and utilization
for self-sufficiency in food,
raw materials and for
export
INTRODUCTION
• IAR established in 1922
to conduct research for
all the important crops
grown in then entire
Northern Region
• Affiliated to Ahmadu
Bello University in 1962
RESEARCH
INFRASTRUCTURE
• Large research farms >200ha
• Equipped laboratories:
Soil Science
Crop Protection
Agronomy
Product Development
Plant Science
Faculty of Agriculture
Outstations:
• Kano - Sudan savanna
• Kadawa - Large scale irrigation
Hadejia Jama’are River Basin
• Talata Mafara - Large scale
irrigation
Sokoto Rima River basin
Staff strength
• Academic: 63,
– 20 Professors,
– 71 Principal Research Fellow
• Technicians: 92
• Administration and finance:49
• Others: Senior 92
Junior 604
IAR Mandates
Genetic
improvement Of :
GROUNDNUT
COWPEA
COTTON
MAIZE
SORGHUM
SUNFLOWER
CASTOR
JATROPHA
ARTEMISIA
Mandates cntd.
Agricultural Extension
Mandates cnd.
• Farming Systems research in North West
agro-ecological zone
• Training stakeholders and students of
Faculty of Agriculture at all levels
• Design, development and fabrication of
agricultural implements and equipment
• Provision of laboratory and other technical
services
• Collaboration with relevant institutes and
organizations
Research organization
• Multi-disciplinary - involving breeders,
Agronomists, Agric. Engineers, Soil
scientists, Food scientists, Plant
protectionists, Agric. Economists & Rural
sociologists
• Research Programs: Cereals, Fibres,
Legumes & Oilseeds,
Artemisia(Horticulture), Product
development (Food Science), Agric.
Mechanization, Irrigation
• Support Units: Extension, Monitoring &
Evaluation, Data processing, Publications
& information, Library
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•
SOME RESEARCH
OUTPUTS
Cowpea
–
14 varieties
Cotton
–
13 varieties
Groundnut
–
27 varieties
Maize
–
> 40 varieties
Sorghum
–
> 49 varieties
Other crops: millet -7, wheat -8,
tomato -20 varieties
RESEARCH OUTPUTS
Cntd.
• Recommendations on cultural
operations and post-harvest
technologies
• Agricultural machineries
(prototypes ready for
commercialization)
• Commercializable food products
and technologies
Harvesting and Threshing
Maize sheller/dehusker
Storage
Onion storage rack
A. EXTENSION SUPPORT
ACTIVITIES IN 2012
Title
N0.
Proposed
N0.
Achieved
Diagnostic
survey
1
0
MTRM
84
3
Joint Scientific
Field Evaluation
1
1
Field days
7
7
Collaboratin Remarks
g Institute
All NARIs in
North West
Not conducted
due to lack of
fund
All
Not conducted
NARIs/Faculties due to lack of
of Agriculture
fund
and Veterinary
Medicine in
North West
NAERLS and
Report of the
other NARIs and APS conducted
agencies
being awaited
-
EXTN SUPPORT ACTIVITIES…...
CONT’D
Title
N0.
Proposed
Zonal REFILS
4
Workshop
Pre-season
1
training
Zonal Steering
2
Committee
Meeting
In-house Review
Meeting/Croppin
g Scheme
Zonal Technical
Committee
Meeting
Nat Ag Ext Rev
and Planning
Meeting
N0.
Achieved
2
Collaboratin Remarks
g Institute
-
0
NAERLS
0
FMA&RD
(NPFS), AETA,
NGOs and ADPs
in North West
-
-
All NARIs and
ADPs in North
West
-
-
1
1
2
0
1
1
EXTN SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
CONT’D
Title
No Proposed
No Achieved
Collaborators
Remarks
Adopted Village
4
4
ARCN
-
Training
Workshop
Agric Research &
Training Fair
Research Institute
Field day
World food day
1
1
NAERLS
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
1
1
-
-
Wet & dry season
evaluation(zc)
1
1
National Agric
Shows
3
3
NAERLS and
other NARIs and
agencies
IAR took the 1st
position at this
year’s national
agric show
B. TECH DEVELOPMENT
S/No
Technology Recently
Developed
Year of Release
Level of
Adoption
Identified Areas
Requiring
Improvements
1
Sorghum: : 2 hybrid 2011
varieties (SSV98001 and
SSV98002)
Yet
to
determined
be Yet
to
identified
be
2
Maize: : 13 Hybrid and 2011
OP varieties (SAMMAZ
17,
SAMMAZ
18,
SAMMAZ 19, etc )
Yet
to
determined
be Yet
to
identified
be
3
Sunflower: 4 varieties 2011
(SAMSUN 1- 4)
Yet
to
determined
be Yet
to
identified
be
4
Groundnut: 3 varieties
Yet
to
determined
be Yet
to
identified
be
2011
C. EXTN PUBLICATIONS - NONE
D. RADIO PROGS – NONE
E. TV PROGRAMMES- NONE
F.TRAINING WORKSHOP
Title
Pre -season
training
Category of trainees No of
trainees
Collaborators
OFAR
officers/technicians
NAERLS and
NPFS
27
Durati
on
4 days
G. ADOPTED VILLAGE
Title
No Proposed
1. Jaja Adopted
village
1
2. Tudun
muntsira
Adopted village
3. GGSS,
Samaru Adopted
school
4. GDSS, Bomo
1
No
Technologies Promoted
established
1
- Maize, sorghum and
cowpea production
technologies
- Economic tree orchard
establishment and
management
1
As in1
1
1
As in1
1
1
As in1
Remarks
Thank you
for your attention
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