Only available one month before planting season

There are basically three different types of cowpea seeds; forage, grain and dual-purpose cowpea types. It can be a prostrate, semi-erect or erect herbaceous annual summer legume with a well-developed taproot system. It is a multi-purpose crop, being used for human consumption as a pulse grain and vegetable, or as a forage crop being grazed or preserved. It is also often used as a cover crop / green manuring.

The minimum rainfall requirement for Cowpea production is 450 mm per annum.

Kg/ha 30-50

Plant October - January

• Grain yields: 1-3 t/ha/season

• Forage yields: 3-10 t DM/ha/season
  Depending on environmental conditions and management

• Multi-purpose legume

• High forage yield

• High forage quality and palatability

• Establishes easily on wide variety of soils

• Green manure and cover crop application (improves soil fertility)

• Drought tolerant