The Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi has developed a process technology for production of cowpea flour. This technology is available for cottage, small and medium entrepreneurs who ...

Entrepreneur, Aissatou Diagne Deme’s milling business produces 800 kilograms (kgs) of cowpea flour a month capitalising on the legume’s growing importance as a source of nutrition and income.

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an indigenous and staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, but it has an enemy: an insect called the legume pod borer (Maruca vitrata). This pest can cause yield losses of ...

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 ...

Ghana officially approved this variety for commercial release in 2024. It was the country's first GM crop approval, following the earlier success of the pod borer–resistant cowpea in Nigeria ...

Nboyine received funding from USAID. TJ Higgins received funding from the USAID. Conventional cowpea varieties lack resistance to the insect. Insecticide is the primary control measure ...