Institute of Agricultural Research Director: Now is the Best Time to Grow Wheat

Wheat, a highly versatile crop, is used in making foods like bread, biscuits, cookies, cakes, spaghetti, and noodles. It is also used for making local foods like ‘Tuwo’, ‘Alkaki’, ‘Fura’, ‘Algaragis’, ‘Alkubus’, ‘Taliya’ ‘Gurasa’ ‘Danwake’ among others. Experts say wheat requires well drained soil and does not tolerate salinity and acidity of soil.

Professor I.U. Abubakar, the Director, Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Samaru, Zaria in Kaduna State told Daily Trust that wheat is suitably grown in locations from Kaduna State in North Nigeria.

He said the best time to start planting wheat is from November 15 to December 15, adding that it takes 100 to 120 days to mature and be ready for harvest.

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Shaun Dunmall

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