Better cowpeas

Improved varieties of cowpea developed by the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and planted in Niger, yielded three times more than local varieties despite receiving only half the normal rainfall. According to the IITA, 33 new...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1986
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44425
Description
Summary:Improved varieties of cowpea developed by the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and planted in Niger, yielded three times more than local varieties despite receiving only half the normal rainfall. According to the IITA, 33 new...