African cowpeas, commonly known as black-eyed peas, are becoming increasingly popular for their nutritional benefits and ...

While chickpeas are a staple in many diets, Africa has plenty of other beans that are equally nutritious and versatile ...

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 ...

A system of agriculture without the use of a leguminous crop tends to lessen the productivity of the soil and makes necessary large outlays for nitrogenous fertilisers. With a leguminous crop grown at ...

Across Africa, armies of hungry caterpillars destroy the flowers and pods of cowpeas; casualties can reach 80 percent of this staple food crop if no measures are taken. But the real victims are ...

Tim Close has found himself, happily, stuck in a library. But it's not your typical library with shelves and books. It's a genetic library of cowpea varieties, also known as black-eyed peas. This ...

Cowpea (vigna unguiculata) farming is popular in Uganda’s arid and semi-arid areas due to its high nutrition value, short harvest period, and hardiness. The cowpea is also known as the black-eyed pea.

HAIKOU: More Chinese provinces have banned the sale of cowpeas grown in south China's Hainan province as concern about "toxic cowpeas" spreads. China's Ministry of Agriculture issued an urgent ...

Until two years ago, when I ate my first meal at Brennan's of Houston, I was a cowpea virgin. A Northerner, I came to cowpeas a blank slate. The pecan-crusted fish I ordered sat atop a heap of ...

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 researcher. Dr.