Groundnuts NATAL COMMON

$24.00$1,200.00

Clear selection

SKU: N/A. Category: .

Groundnuts are an important cash crop that can be grown by both commercial and small-scale farmers. As a cash crop, groundnuts fetch a good price and is an excellent crop for home consumption because of its nutritional value. It contains 25% protein and up to 50% edible oil content.

 

Because of its exceptional nutritional properties, groundnuts can be used in industry to produce several products such as: cooking oil, groundnut cake used in animal feed formulas, hay, etc.

 

  Variety Characteristics
1. Chishango Habit type:Virginia
Seed colour: Tan
Seed size: Big
Days to maturity: 120-130 days
Seed rate: 80kg/ha
Spacing: 70 x 10cm
Adapted regions: III and II
Oil content: 48-50%
Yield potential: 2,500-3,000kg/ha
 
2. MGV 4 Habit type:Virginia (runner type)
Seed colour: Red
Seed size: Medium
Days to maturity: 120-140 days
Seed rate: 80kg/ha
Spacing: 70 x 10cm
Adapted regions: III and II
Oil content: 48-50%
Yield potential: 500-1,500kg/ha
 
3. MGV  5 Habit type:Virginia
Seed colour: Tan
Seed size: Big
Days to maturity: 120-130 days
Seed rate: 80kg/ha
Spacing: 70 x 10cm
Adapted regions: III and II (under residual moisture in region I)
Oil content: 48-50%
Yield potential: 2,000-2,500kg/ha
 
4. Natal common Habit type:Spanish Valencia (erect)
Seed colour: Tan
Seed size: Medium
Days to maturity: 90-100 days
Seed rate: 80kg/ha
Spacing: 70 x 10cm
Adapted regions: III and II (under residual moisture in region I)
Oil content: 45-48%
Yield potential: 500-1,500kg/ha

 

1-ZAMBIA’S AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES

Key

AER 1 = Agro-Ecological Region 1

  • Less than 800mm rainfall per year.
  • 80-120 effective growing days.
  • Suitable for millet, sorghum, maize, groundnuts, soyabeans.

 

AER 2A and AER 2B = Agro-Ecological Region 2a and Agro-ecological Region 2B

  • 800-1, 000mm rainfall per year.
  • 100-140 effective growing days.
  • Suitable for maize, sorghum, millet, cowpea, groundnuts, soyabeans.

 

AER 3 = Agro-Ecological Region 3

  • More than 1, 000mm rainfall per year.
  • 160+ effective growing days.
  • Suitable for maize, millet, sorghum, groundnuts, beans, rice, soyabean

C.2-ZAMBIA’S AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES

kilogram

1kg, 2kg, 5kg, 10KG, 50KG

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “Groundnuts NATAL COMMON”