to enhance tomato and onion production and productivity for sustainable yields in participating African countries

Duration

• January.2020 ~ December 2024 (5 years)

Participating countries

• Tomato: Nigeria, Comoros, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Tunisia, Ghana, Uganda, Gabon, Zambia, and Senegal (11)
• Onion: Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Cote d’Ivoire and Morocco (5)

Activities - Details of Tomato Project

• 1^st year
  - Develop a common baseline questionnaire for all countries
  - Conduct a Situational Analysis/base line survey of tomato production
  - Obtain and multiply the introduced germplasm
  - Evaluate and Select Tomato Varieties
• 2^nd year
  - Obtain and multiply introduced germplasm
  - Evaluate and Select Tomato Varieties
  - Establish suitable substrate for Tomato seedling production
• 3^rd year
  - Evaluate and Select Tomato Varieties
  - Establish suitable substrate for Tomato seedling production
  - Evaluate Solanum Rootstock for specific country trait desired
• 4^rd year
  - Evaluate and Select Tomato Varieties
  - Evaluate Solanum Rootstock for specific country trait desired
  - Establish Fertilizer type and application rates for Tomato production
• 5^rd year
  - Establish Fertilizer type and application rates for Tomato production
  - Establish suitable irrigation method for tomato production
  - Dissemination of Information

Activities - Details of Onion Project

• 1^st year
  - Select adaptation variety in each country
  - Identification of seed volume for nursery
  - Development of optimum nursery condition
  - Introduction and evaluation of germplasm and breeding line
• 2^nd year
  - Select adaptation variety in each country
  - Identification of optimum nursery methods condition
  - Optimum of plant density and mulching condition
  - Development of inbreed line for high productivity and quality
• 3^rd year
  - Select adaptation variety in each country
  - Optimum of plant density and mulching condition
  - Identification of optimum fertilizer and irrigation condition
  - Development of male sterile and inbreed line for high productivity and quality
• 4^rd year
  - Identification of optimum fertilizer and irrigation condition
  - Demonstration at farm for development technics
  - Test of combination ability of F1 hybrid
• 5^rd year
  - Demonstration at famers for development technics
  - Breeding for excellent variety adaptation at the region