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The audio is an interview with prominent Ghanaian researcher, Dr Joe Berchie who works at CSIR Crops Research Institute based in Kumasi, Ghana. A crop physiologist, Dr Berchie has been conducting research on underutilised crops such as cowpea and bambara groundnut for more than 10 years and there are a number of active projects ongoing at CSIR involving bambara groundnut.
A detailed write up of this interview and the transcript can be found here.
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Dr Sean Mayes and Presidor Kendabie (PhD student) focusing on the harvest of Bambara groundnut, and other Bambara groundnut research activities at University of Nottingham Sutton Bonington. An important issue that needs to be addressed is the effect of photoperiod on pod setting, and hence yield.
Songkhla Farm Crops Research Centre, Department of Agriculture, Thailand
