1. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT-Nigeria), Kano, Nigeria;
2. Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, Nigeria;
3. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kano, Nigeria;
4. African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development, Niamey, Niger Republic;
5. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Patancheru, Telangana, India