Two years ago, Nigeria commercialized SAMPEA 20-T, a breakthrough new variety of insect-resistant cowpea – a critical crop for nutrition and livelihoods throughout sub-Saharan Africa. This ...

Researchers at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have developed a simple method for increasing cowpea yield and protein content of seeds. Cowpea is an important crop in drier ...

AMARILLO -- Ground left fallow in the High Plains to store soil moisture between crops may be better off with a legume crop such as cowpeas, according to a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station ...

ST. LOUIS, MO, July 14, 2021-- Nigeria has achieved a major milestone in the history of agricultural research and development with the commercial launch of Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea. Officially ...

Last year, the Federal Government approved the registration and release of a new Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) cowpea (beans) variety for commercialisation. The cowpea variety, SAMPEA 20-T, developed by ...

In the heart of Nigeria’s rural communities, where agriculture is the backbone of survival, a quiet revolution is underway. It’s not marked by political rallies or grand declarations, but by the ...

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Joeva Rock's research has been previously funded by the Fulbright Program, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Schmidt Family Foundation, the ...

- Increasing demand for plant-based proteins that help prevent several diseases is creating an uptick in demand for cowpeas. This is arousing the interest of food service companies to invest in ...

Jose Maria Barrero works for CSIRO. TJ Higgins received funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, the USAID and works for CSIRO. Late last year the world’s first genetically modified (GM) cowpea was ...