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 ...

Cowpea stew with vegetables is a hearty dish that combines the earthy flavor of cowpeas with fresh vegetables like tomatoes, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cowpeas, known as black-eyed peas in the U.S., are an important and versatile food legume grown in more than 80 countries. Scientists are working to map the genes controlling drought and heat ...

Though sometimes invisible to the eye, soil is alive. Soil is an ecosystem where microbes, fungi, hibernating insects and plant roots all compete for nutrients, and where the tiny pockets of air and ...

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.

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.

Ridge gourd, or turai, and cowpea, or lobia, are two versatile vegetables that can be combined to create some delicious meals ...

Cowpeas, also known as lobia can help you to stay fit and fine. So, see to it that you add it to your daily diet. Cowpeas are a prevalent type of bean known as black-eyed peas because of their ...

Nokuthula Vilakati receives funding from the NRF which funded my PhD studies. As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, its complex connections with food security are developing too. Lockdowns have disrupted ...