To achieve this, Accelerated Varietal Improvement and Seed Delivery of Legumes and Cereals in Africa (AVISA project was launched in February 2019 to work on modernising breeding and increasing ...

Also, Prof. Lucky Omoigui, a seed system specialist from IITA, Kano Station, while giving an overview of essence of the seed fair, explained that AVISA project has two phases.

Expectedly, AVISA and Seed Equal, implemented in Nigeria, aim to ensure Benue farmers uptake of newly released improved public-bred varieties and innovations.