Eaten by roughly 200 million Africans, predominantly in West Africa, cowpea is commonly referred to as “poor man’s meat” because of the high levels of protein that are found in cowpea’s ...

Cowpea is a legume in the dry and hot regions of the world, particularly West Africa, where it is an important source of dietary protein. However, climate change is negatively affecting crop ...

Today, as the world marks World Hunger Day 2025, we are reminded that food is not just a basic need – it is a fundamental ...

Farmers were particularly worried about the government’s expected decision to green-light a genetically modified variety of the cowpea, a staple of West African diets. Was it possible ...

Ghana is the fifth largest producer of cowpea in Africa. If Ghana commercialises GM cowpea, it will join Nigeria as the second country in the world to grow it. Burkina Faso may follow in ...

Cowpea is believed to have originated in west Africa. According to the team, the plant may have arrived in the Lake Victoria basin at the same time that Bantu-speaking peoples began migrating from ...

This CRP aims at piloted enhancements of high-performing crop varieties of cowpea to create improved genetic variation with emphasis on trait deployment and accelerated delivery of novel induced ...

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 ...