Improving cultivation of cowpea in West Africa

AY Kamara, LO Omoigui, N Kamai, SU Ewansiha… - 2018 - oar.icrisat.org
Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] is a legume crop of vital importance to the livelihoods
of millions of people in West and Central Africa (WCA). It provides a nutritious grain and a …

Improving the production and utilization of cowpea as food and fodder

BB Singh, HA Ajeigbe, SA Tarawali… - Field crops …, 2003 - Elsevier
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is an important food legume and an integral part of
traditional cropping systems in the semi-arid regions of the tropics. The estimated worldwide …

[PDF][PDF] Cowpea production challenges and contribution to livelihood in Sub-Sahara region

L Horn, SN Nghituwamata, I Ueitele - 2022 - repository.unam.edu.na
Abstract Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] is an important grain legume mainly grown
in tropical and subtropical regions for vegetables, grains, and fodder. The crop is grown …

[PDF][PDF] Recent progress on cowpea improvement

BB Singh, P Hartmann, C Fatokun, M Tamo… - Chronica …, 2003 - academia.edu
Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] is an important source of nutritious food and fodder
and it is an essential component for sustained soil fertility in various cropping systems in the …

Breeding elite cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] varieties for improved food security and income in Africa: Opportunities and challenges

AMF Gomes, N Nhantumbo… - … and Breeding for …, 2019 - books.google.com
Abstract Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp, is among the most important grain legumes
in Africa. Its nutritional value and biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) potential coupled with a …

Expounding the production and importance of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in Ethiopia

E Kebede, Z Bekeko - Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Cowpea is an important legume crop growing across the world mainly in tropical and
subtropical regions including Ethiopia. Besides its noticeable production, little is known …

[PDF][PDF] Farmers' guide to cowpea production in West Africa

IY Dugje, LO Omoigui, F Ekeleme, AY Kamara… - IITA, Ibadan …, 2009 - biblio.iita.org
Cowpea is a major staple food crop in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the dry savanna
regions of West Africa. The seeds are a major source of plant proteins and vitamins for man …

[PDF][PDF] Cowpea production handbook

T Ngalamu, J Odra, N Tongun - IFS/AGRA, 2015 - researchgate.net
The idea to write and produce this handbook was conceived when Tony Ngalamu, lecturer
in the Department of Agricultural Sciences, College of Natural Resources and …

Cowpea

O Boukar, R Bhattacharjee, C Fatokun… - Genetic and genomic …, 2013 - Elsevier
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), an indigenous legume to sub-Saharan Africa, is mainly grown
in the dry savanna areas as an intercrop with millets, sorghum, groundnut and maize …

[PDF][PDF] Cowpea and its improvement: key to sustainable mixed crop/livestock farming systems in West Africa

BB Singh, SA Tarawali - Crop Residues in sustainable mixed crop …, 1997 - oar.icrisat.org
Abstract Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is the most widely cultivated food legume in
semiarid West Africa, where rainfall is scanty and soils are sandy and relatively infertile …