Udupi: In a major step toward preserving native crop diversity, the Karnataka government has announced the establishment of a seed bank at the University of Agricultural Sciences ...

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But one of the most important staples in this region is the cowpea. Thanks to new varieties developed by CGIAR—a global agriculture research network—farmers can now grow cowpeas that mature more ...

Conventional cowpea varieties lack resistance to the insect. Insecticide is the primary control measure, adding costs and environmental and health risks. We are researchers at different research ...

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 ...

According to him, “these projects have strengthened our partnership with other institutions to produce foundation seeds and certified seed of cowpea and soybeans improved varieties. JOSTUM seed ...

Singh had written a book about cowpea history, after decades developing varieties, including a much-celebrated 60-day cowpea that only took two months to mature. He’d studied cowpeas in the ...

The two cowpea varieties are: KAU Shreenanda and KAU Apurva. KAU Shreenanda is a short duration, white grained, cowpea culture suitable for rabi and summer rice fallows. It flowers in 40-45 days ...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has unveiled two high-yielding cowpea varieties—Awudu Benga and Kanton Bongdaa—to smallholder ...