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Agriculture › Re: Foreign Apple Seeds Grown From Seed Progression. by mrfarmer600(m): 8:53am On Sep 05, 2020

majorgr:
There is one thing you people should know, while it is true that the saying was made that apples don't grow in Nigeria, the same was said years back! What you guys don't know is that since those times, plant breeders were researching and breeding a new variety that could grow in the tropics like Nigeria due to high demands for viable seeds. It wasn't possible then because of the long period it takes to breed a single crop, for example, it takes a shrub like plantain and banana 15 years to develop just a new variety how much more apple!. In other words, this is due cause to the efforts of plant breeders who have painstakingly bred another variety of apples that is hardy and could grow in Nigeria therefore, the notion that apples don't grow in Nigeria which is an aged notion is now outdated due cause to new improved varieties that were bred by plant breeders to satisfy seed demands of customers. Sadly, plant breeders don't get much recognition and also Nigerians hardly want to study such course because of how difficult it could be and the time it takes to develop an improved variety of Crop.

You Have spoken well and black people in general don't like to put in the work and time of researching on something that they don't understand or for an alternative that will benefit the nation on the long run. undecided