Resources Tagged: Cowpea

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  1. SAWBO - Solar Treating of Cowpea Seeds

    Cowpea bruchids (Callosobruchus maculatus) can cause damage to cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) seeds in storage, resulting in post-harvest losses. In the animated video we describe a solarization technique for killing cowpea bruchids before the seeds are stored. Scientific Animations Without Borders...
    SAWBO Cowpea Vigna unguiculata Postharvest Solar Drying

  2. Grow row by row - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Farmers in northern Nigeria are changing the way they intercrop their sorghum and millet with cowpea. By planting both crops at higher densities and in separate rows, and by applying some organic and mineral fertilizer, they harvest more and reduce damage by the...
    Intercropping Sorghum Cowpea Striga Soil Fertility Sustainable Land M... AccessAgriculture West Africa

  3. Storing cowpea seed - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Intercropping or rotating cereal crops with legume crops are two of the strategies of integrated striga and soil fertility management. But keeping quality legume seed has two major challenges. First, the seed easily loses its ability to germinate. And second, we...
    Seed Storage Cowpea Intercropping IPM Striga AccessAgriculture West Africa

  4. Biosphere Foundation: Report on seed trials

    2018-01-30 In 2012 Biosphere Foundation in conjunction with various local community organization and LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Science) started to carry out relevant research activities. These activities included research into agricultural improvement in the farms surrounding the National Park that...
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