Chili pepper may yield up to 18 t/ha and sweet pepper up to 30 t/ha in open-fields (Grubben and El Tahir, 2004).Yields greater than 20 t/ha have been reported for introduced C. annuum chili varieties grown on-station in Mali (AVRDC/Mali, unpublished). Identifying varieties with high yield potential is important to breeders, growers, and seed producers in the sub-region. From 2005 through 2010, multi-location trials involving 39 entries of exotic and local varieties were conducted jointly by the National Agricultural Research Systems of six West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Gambia, Niger, and Togo) and the AVRDC. The World Vegetable
Center’s sub-regional office in Mali, hence, bringing at seven the number of test countries. Results indicated country yield range of 0.14 to 21.91 t/ha and a mean subregional yield of 6.78 t/ha, the highest yield of 14 t/ha being observed in Niger (Table 2). In the FAOStat (2012) estimates, the highest pepper yield of the sub-region was more breeding can be undertaken for improvement. Since peppers are easy to grow, harvest, process and utilize, efforts should be undertaken by extension workers, nutrition and health promoting specialists to disseminate and promote improved varieties.