The University of Uyo is nursing a revolution in the breeding of the tree crop Prunus dulcis, commonly known as Almond for its numerous health,pharmaceutical and economic values. A native of the Middle East and South Asia, Almond currently is produced in commercial quantity by USA, Australia, Spain, Morocco and Iran with the US as the largest producer. Here in Nigeria amid a few undergraduates, a revolution designed to place the nation among the first three Almond producing countries of the world in a few years and ultimately the largest, has begun.
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