Cowpeas
The cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an annual herbaceous legume from the genus Vigna. Due to its tolerance for sandy soil and low rainfall, it is an important crop in the semiarid regions across Africa and Asia. It requires very few inputs, as the plant's root nodules are able to fix atmospheric nitrogen, making it a valuable crop for resource-poor farmers and well-suited to intercropping with other crops. The whole plant is used as forage for animals, with its use as cattle feed likely responsible for its name. Four subspecies of cowpeas are recognised, of which three are cultivated. A high …
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World Bank Group · 12 April 2024 French
cassava at the level of food crops; peanuts, cowpeas, cotton (little cultivated in Bilanga) and sesame …
World Bank Group · 12 April 2024 French
rice), cash crops (sesame, peanuts, soya, cotton, cowpeas) and other crops (voandzou, potatoes, cassava) …
World Bank Group · 3 April 2024 French
conducive to crops such millet, sorghum, peanuts and cowpeas. Only hydromorphic soils located in the lowlands …
Rockefeller Foundation · 13 March 2024 English
alongside the VACS: Research in Action Report, (also known as the Summary Report) which VACS was launched in February 2023 in outlines the guiding concepts of the VACS partnership with …
source complements most cereals for consumers. Cowpeas are rich in protein and other essential nutrients …
World Bank Group · 6 March 2024 French
Project area, the main cash crops are cotton, cowpeas, groundnuts and sesame. The main food crops are … vitrata and thrips cause considerable damage to cowpeas in groundnut fields, while bruchid, Callosobruchus …
World Bank Group · 10 January 2024 English
procurement of s ervice providers for sorghum cowpeas value chain IDA / 59000 Strengthening Producer …
World Bank Group · 18 December 2023 English
tons of drought-tolerant rainfed maize, sorghum, cowpeas seeds, basal and top-dressing fertilizers, and … 30 percent higher on average for sorghum and cowpeas, compared to non-supported farmers in the same …
The Adaptation Fund · 4 December 2023 English
the discussion of the statistics provided in Table 8 and provide Regarding the number of beneficiaries and farm areas more clarity on the “benefits”, directly involved in the project, they …
Formatted: Font: (Default) +Body (Calibri), 11 pt cowpeas, soybeans, voandzou, goussi, sesame, tomatoes, … with the exception of groundnuts, soybeans, and cowpeas, for which production could decline (Table 6). … Car Car,Car, Left, Indent: Left: 1 cm,Soybeans cowpeas yams cassava Hanging: 1.5 cm, Right: 0 cm, Space … fields of maize, sorghum, cassava, yams, soybeans, cowpeas and other food crops for which small-scale farmers …
World Bank Group · 10 November 2023 English
procurement of s ervice providers for sorghum cowpeas value chain IDA / 59000 Strengthening Producer …
INREA: National Institute for research in technical sciences for the environment and agriculture · 5 November 2023
very high prevalence of potyvirus infections in cowpeas grown throughout Burkina Faso. Minimiz- ing or … WOS:000183397900004. 5. Taiwo MA, Shoyinka SA. Viruses infecting cowpeas in Africa with special emphasis on the potyviruses … virus with distinc- tive properties infecting cowpeas in Nigeria. Phytopathology. 1978; 68: 693–9. 55 …
