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JW, July 22, 2013
Information from collected literature for Nigeria to be used for
crop modelling for Nigeria
A. Crop calendar, TSUM, sowing date and growth duration
FAO crop calendars for Maize / Sorghum / Millet/ Rice
Administrative areas
(agro-ecology)
Crop Additio
nal
infor-
mation
Planting
- onset
Planting
- end
Sowing
rate
(kg/ha)
Growth
duration
Harve
sting -
onset
Harve
sting -
end
Ogun, Ekiti, Oyo, Osun
states (Derived savannah) Maize 01/03 31/08 25-32 100-120
days
Ogun, Ekiti, Oyo, Osun
states (Derived savannah) Rice 01/04 31/05 65 6-8
months
Parts of Ondo, Lagos, Ogun,
Cross river, Edo states
(Humid forest)
Maize 01/03 31/08 25-33 100-120
days
Parts of Ondo, Lagos, Ogun,
Cross river, Edo states
(Humid forest)
Rice 01/04 31/05 65 6-8
months
Ondo, Edo, Anambra,Enugu
States in the south; through
Oyo State and beyond Zaria
in Kaduna State (Northern
guinean savannah)
Maize 01/03 31/08 25-30 100-120
days
Ondo, Edo, Anambra,Enugu
States in the south; through
Oyo State and beyond Zaria
in Kaduna State (Northern
guinean savannah)
Millet 01/08 31/07 8-11 null null
Ondo, Edo, Anambra,Enugu
States in the south; through
Oyo State and beyond Zaria
in Kaduna State (Northern
guinean savannah)
Rice 01/08 31/07 65 6-8
months
Ondo, Edo, Anambra,Enugu
States in the south; through
Oyo State and beyond Zaria
in Kaduna State (Northern
guinean savannah)
Sorghum 01/04 30/06 7-10 70-120
days
This covers Niger, Kwara,
Kogi, Beune states
(Southern guinean
savannah)
Maize 01/03 31/08 25-31 100-120
days
This covers Niger, Kwara,
Kogi, Beune states
(Southern guinean
savannah)
Rice 01/04 31/05 65 6-8
months
This covers Niger, Kwara,
Kogi, Beune states
(Southern guinean
Sorghum 01/08 30/09 7-10 70-120
days
2
savannah)
This covers Sokoto, Kano,
Maiduguri, Yobe states
(Sudanese savannah)
Millet 01/08 31/07 8-11 null null
This covers Sokoto, Kano,
Maiduguri, Yobe states
(Sudanese savannah)
Sorghum 01/04 30/06 7-10 70-120
days
Crop calendar and management form for maize, sorghum, rice and millet in Nigeria as
compiled by Abdullahi Bala
Location Crop
rotation
Crop
cycle
Water
regi-
me
Actual
yield
(kg/ha)
Actual
sowing
date
Optimal
sowing
date
Growth
duration
(d)
Plant
density
Actual
(per ha)
Plant
density
Optimal
(per ha) Owerri Maize Maize Rainfed 20th
March
110-120 27,000
Baga/Maid
uguri
Maize Maize Rainfed 20th June 85-90 50,000
Badeggi/Bida/
Maize Maize Rainfed 15th May 110-120 35,556
Gombe Maize Maize Rainfed 26th June 100-110 50,000
Asaba/Awka
Melon-maize-
cassava
Maize Rainfed 15th
March
110-120 27,000
Oshogbo/Ilorin
Maize-cassava
Maize Rainfed 3rd May 110-120 27,000
Zaria/Kadu
na
Cowpea-
maize,
Maize-cowpea
Maize Rainfed 22nd June 110-120 50,000
Shaki Maize Maize Rainfed 3rd May 110-120 27,000
Bauchi Maize-cowpea
Maize Rainfed 20th June 100-110 50,000
Shiroro Maize-
cowpea, groundnut-
maize
Maize Rainfed 17th May 110-120 35,556
Wukari Melon-maize,
maize-
cassava
Maize Rainfed 6th May 110-120 27,000
Katsina Ala
Melon-maize
Maize Rainfed 10th
March
110-120 27,000
Benin City Melon-
maize-
cassava
Maize Rainfed 16th
March
110-120 27,000
Kainji/N
Bussa
Melon-
maize, Maize Rainfed 23rd May 110-120 27,000
Gulu Melon-
maize, Maize-
maize
Maize Rainfed 9th May 110-120 35,556
Jibia/Daura Maize Maize Rainfed 29th June 85-90 50,000
Bichi Cowpea-
maize; Maize-
cowpea
Maize Rainfed 24th June 85-90 53,000
Gembu
North
Maize Maize Rainfed 3rd May 110-120 27,000
Ilaro Melon-
maize,
maize-cassava
Maize Rainfed 5th April 110-120 27,000
Biu Maize-
cowpea Maize Rainfed 28th June 100-110 50,000
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Lafia Cowpea-maize,
maize-
cowpea Melon-
maize
Maize Rainfed 17th May 110-120 27,000
Jalingo Cowpea-maize,
Maize-
cowpea
Maize Rainfed 6th June 100-110 27,000
Onitsha/Awka
Maize Maize Rainfed 20th
March
110-120 27,000
Bida Maize-
cowpea Maize Rainfed 15th May 110-120 36,000
Maiduguri Maize-cowpea
Maize Rainfed 20th June 85-90 50,000
Kaduna Cowpea-
Maize-cowpea
Maize Rainfed 22nd June 110-120 50,000
Oshogbo Melon-
maize Maize Rainfed 23rd April 110-120 27,000
Ibi Maize Maize Rainfed 6th May 110-120 27,000
Bauchi Cowpea-
maize,
Maize-cowpea
Maize Rainfed 20th June 100-110 50,000
Yelwa Maize-
cowpea Maize Rainfed 17th June 110-120 27,000
Lokoja Maize Maize Rainfed 5th May 110-120 36,000
Akure/Ond
o
Melon-
maize Maize Rainfed 17th April 110-120 27,000
Awka Rice Rice Rainfed 20th April 110-120 556,000
Badeggi Rice Rice Rainfed 15th June 95-100 1,000,00
0
Zaria Rice Rice Rainfed 28th June 110-120 750,000
Abakiliki Rice Rice Rainfed 15th April 95-100 556,000
Biu Rice-
vegetables Rice Rainfed 5th July 110-120 750,000
Shiroro Rice Rice Rainfed 25th June 110-120 1,000,00
0
Yelwa Rice Rice Rainfed 18th June 110-120 750,000
?? Rice Rice Rainfed 20th June 110-120 556,000
Bauchi Rice Rice Rainfed 3rd July 95-100 556.000
Jebba/Mokwa
Rice Rice Rainfed 16th June 110-120 556,000
Bida Rice Rice Rainfed 13th June 95-100 556,000
Katsina Ala
Rice Rice Rainfed 30th April 110-120 750,000
Gembu
North
Rice Rice Rainfed 15th June 110-120 750,000
Gombe Rice Rice Rainfed 14th July 110-120 500,000
Kura Rice-rice Rice Rainfed 4th July 110-120 556,000
Birnin
Kebbi
Rice Rice Rainfed 4th July 95-100 556,000
Jalingo Rice Rice Rainfed 10th July 95-100 500,000
Makarfi Rice Rice Rainfed 28th June 95-100 750,000
Enugu Rice Rice Rainfed 20th April 110-120 556,000
Bida Rice Rice Rainfed 15th June 110-120 1,000,00
0
Kaduna Rice Rice Rainfed 28th June 110-120 750,000
Yelwa Rice Rice Rainfed 18th June 110-120 750,000
Ibi Rice Rice Rainfed 5th July 110-120 750,000
Bauchi Rice Rice Rainfed 3rd July 95-100 556.000
Abuja Rice Rice Rainfed 30th June 110-120 750,000
Makurdi Rice Rice Rainfed 20th June 110-120 750,000
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Lokoja Rice Rice Rainfed 15th June 110-120 556.000
Baga/Maid
uguri
Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 10th June 95-105 50,000
Kano Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 6th June 130-140 50,000
Bida/Bade
ggi
Melon–
sorghum
Sorghum Rainfed 24th June 165-175 36,000
Sokoto Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 15th June 130-140 36,000
Malam Madori
Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 7th June 95-105 50,000
Hadejia Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 12th June 95-105 50,000
Bebeji/Makarfi
Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 6th June 130-140 50,000
Biu/Gomb
e
Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 9th June 130-140 36,000
Bauchi Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 12th June 150-160 50,000
Azare Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 10th June 95-105 50,000
Kontagora/ New Bussa
Melon-sorghum,
beniseed-sorghum
Sorghum Rainfed 20th June 165-175 36,000
Yelwa Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 17th June 150-160 36,000
Katsina Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 15th June 130-140 50,000
Kano Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 6th June 130-140 50,000
Sokoto Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 15th June 95-105 36,000
Bida Melon–
sorghum
Sorghum Rainfed 24th June 165-175 36,000
Nguru Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 15th June 95-105 50,000
Yelwa Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 17th June 150-160 36,000
Bauchi Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 12th June 150-160 50,000
Kaduna Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 25th June 130-140 36,000
Katsina Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 15th June 130-140 50,000
Maiduguri Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 10th June 95-105 50,000
Makurdi Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 20th June 165-175 36,000
Ibi Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 20th June 130-140 36,000
Gusau Sorghum Sorghum Rainfed 17th June 95-105 36,000
Sokoto Millet Millet Rainfed 3rd June 70-90 89,000
Baga/Maiduguri
Millet Millet Rainfed 6th June 65-85 106,000
Malam
Madori
Millet Millet Rainfed 1st June 65-85 106,000
Hadejia Millet Millet Rainfed 4th June 70-90 89,000
Bichi/Kano Millet Millet Rainfed 4th June 65-85 106,000
Nguru Millet Millet Rainfed 1st June 65-85 106,000
Bauchi Millet Millet Rainfed 1st June 70-90 89,000
Birnin
Kebbi
Millet Millet Rainfed 24th May 70-90 89,000
Kaura Namoda
Millet Millet Rainfed 7th June 65-85 89,000
Katsina Millet Millet Rainfed 9th June 70-90 106,000
Azare Millet Millet Rainfed 4th June 70-90 89,000
Sokoto Millet Millet Rainfed 3rd June 70-90 89,000
Nguru Millet Millet Rainfed 6th June 65-85 106,000
Kano Millet Millet Rainfed 4th June 65-85 106,000
Bauchi Millet Millet Rainfed 1st June 70-90 89,000
Kaduna Millet Millet Rainfed 14th June 70-90 89,000
Katsina Millet Millet Rainfed 9th June 70-90 106,000
Maiduguri Millet Millet Rainfed 6th June 65-85 106,000
Yelwa Millet Millet Rainfed 24th May 70-90 89,000
Gusau Millet Millet Rainfed 7th June 70-90 89,000
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Bida Millet Millet Rainfed 9th June 70-90 89,000
B. Yields and Total biomass in experiments
Maize
From Soil erosion problems on Alfisols in western Nigeria, VI. Effects of erosion on
experimental plots, by Lal, 1981
6
7
From Organic residue management, soil nutrient changes and maize yield in a humid
Ultisol by Adetunji, 1997
From The effects of different soil tillage and management practices on the physical and
chemical properties of soil and maize yield in a rainforest zone of western Nigeria by
Agboola, 1981
8
From Velvetbean (Mucuna spp.) suppresses speargrass (Imperata cylindrica (L.)
Raeuschel) and increases maize yield by Akobundu et al., 2000
From Maize yield determinants in farmer-managed trials in the Nigerian Northern Guinea
savanna by Carsky et al., 1998
9
10
From Integrated soil management for the savanna zone of W. Africa: legume rotation and
fertilizer N by Carsky et al., 1999
11
From Contribution of Early Season Cowpea to Late Season Maize in the Savanna Zone of
West Africa by Carsky et al., 2001
12
From Effect of phosphorus application in legume cover crop rotation on subsequent maize
in the savanna zone of West Africa by Carsky et al., 2001
13
From The role of cattle manure in enhancing on-farm productivity, macro- and micro-
nutrient uptake, and profitability of maize in Guinea Savanna by Franke et al., 2008
From Alley cropping maize (Zea mays L.) and leucaena (Leucaena Leucocephala Lam) in
southern Nigeria by Kang et al., 1981
14
15
From Alley cropping sequentially cropped maize and cowpea with Leucaena on a sandy
soil in Southern Nigeria by Kang et al., 1985
16
From Investigation on the use of macro- and micro-nutrients to improve maize yield in
South Western Nigeria by Kayode and Agboola, 1983
17
18
19
From Influence of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium application on the yield of maize in
the savanna zone of Nigeria by Kogbe and Adediran, 2003
20
21
From No-tillage effects on soil properties and maize (Zea mays L.) production in western
Nigeria by Lal, 1974
22
From Long-term tillage and maize monoculture effects on a tropical Alfisol in western
Nigeria. I. Crop yield and soil physical properties by Lal, 1997
23
24
25
26
From Effects of Desurfacing of Alfisols and Ultisols in Southern Nigeria: I. Crop
Performance by Mbagwu et al., 1984
27
From Soil conditions and cowpea and maize yield produced by tillage methods in the
rainforest zone of Nigeria by Ojeniyi and Adekayode, 1999
From Water storage, water use and maize yield for tillage systems on a tropical alfisol in
Nigeria by Osuji, 1984
28
29
From A study of soil factors in relation to erosion and yield of maize on a Nigerian soil by
Oyedele and Aina, 1998
30
31
From The residual effect of Stylosanthes fodder banks on maize yield at several locations in
Nigeria by Tarawali, 1991
32
33
From Maize Yield as Affected by Organic Inputs and Urea in the West African Moist
Savanna by Vanlauwe et al., 2001 (note --> Bouake= Cote d’Ivoire, Glidji= Togo, Sekou=
Benin, Zaria= Nigeria)
34
35
From Rotation effects of grain legumes and fallow on maize yield, microbial biomass and
chemical properties of an Alfisol in the Nigerian savanna by Yusuf et al., 2009
36
Millet
From Water balance and water use of pearl millet-cowpea intercrops in north east Nigeria
by Grema and Hess, 1994
37
38
From Seasonal water use and water productivity of millet-based cropping systems in the
Nigerian Sudan savanna near Kano by Oluwasemire et al., 2002
39
40
From Yields of millet between shelterbelts in semi-arid northern Nigeria, with a traditional
and a scientific method of determining sowing date, and at two levels of organic manuring
by Onyewotu et al., 1998
41
Sorghum
From Tillage and poultry manure effects on soil fertility and sorghum yield in
southwestern Nigeria by Agbede and Ojeniyi, 2009
From Effect of Poultry Manure on Soil Physical and Chemical Properties, Growth and
Grain Yield of Sorghum in Southwest, Nigeria by Agbede et al., 2008
From Yield and growth response to potassium of grain sorghum as influenced by variety in
a Savanna soil of Nigeria by Ogunlela and Yusuf, 1988
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43
From The Effect of Machinery Traffic on the Physical Properties of a Sandy Loam Soil
and on the Yield of Sorghum in North-eastern Nigeria by Ohu and Folorunso, 1989
Cereal and other crops
From Effect of tillage depth on physical properties of a tropical soil and on yield of maize,
sorghum and cotton by Adeoye, 1982
44
From Effect of plant density on the yield of sorghum-cowpea and pearl millet-cowpea
intercrops in Northern Nigeria by Craufurd, 2000
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C. Crop growth pattern over time, Harvest index, LAI and other detailed
crop info
Maize and other cereals
None