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Exploring Possibilities to Enhance Food Sovereignty within the Cowpea Production-Consumption Network in Northern Ghana [PDF]
, 2009 Over the last years an important focus in the combat of hunger and malnutrition,particularly in Africa has been food security. This article explores possibilities for enhancing food sovereignty, as an alternative concept to food security and an ...
Frempong, G. +3 more
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Bionanomaterials from plant viruses [PDF]
, 2015 Plant virus capsids have emerged as useful biotemplates for material synthesis. All plant virus capsids are assembled with high-precision, three-dimensional structures providing nanoscale architectures that are highly monodisperse, can be produced in ...
Aljabali, Alaa A. A., Evans, David
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International Journal of Agronomy, 2012 Many cowpea varieties (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) have been proposed by research in Mali. None of these varieties were investigated for their symbiotic potential in terms of root nodulation and mycorrhizal infection.
Zoumana Kouyaté +3 more
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More environmental resources consumption in low-input intercropped maize-cowpea leads to the suppression of weed growth [PDF]
Journal of Crop ProtectionThe current research was conducted to assess weed growth suppression in intercropped maize and cowpea related to the utilization of some environmental resources, including solar radiation, soil moisture, and space.
Kamyar Kazemi +2 more
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Efforts in breeding cowpea for aphid resistance: a review
Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2021 Cowpea is an important food and nutritional security grain legume crop in the semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Its production is limited by biotic factors including pre-harvest insect pests such as aphids.
Maletsema Alina Mofokeng +1 more
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Influence du décalage du semis du niébé (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) par rapport au maïs (Zea mays L.) sur la croissance et le rendement du niébé [PDF]
Tropicultura, 2002 Effect of Time of Planting Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) Relative to Maize (Zea mays L.) on Growth and Yield of Cowpea. Field investigations were carried out for three seasons in two locations of Uganda to examine yield benefits when cowpea and ...
Osiru, DSO., Ocaya, CP., Adipala, E.
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Ethnobotanical study of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in Senegal
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022 Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) plays a key role in family farming systems in Senegal. It makes an essential contribution to economic, nutritional and food security.
Awa Sarr +10 more
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International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021 Native starches are not suitable for industrial use and must be modified for improved functionality. In this study, the effect of moisture preconditioning and infrared heating time on physicochemical properties of cowpea starch was investigated using a ...
S. Oyeyinka +5 more
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A Novel Root-Knot Nematode Resistance QTL on Chromosome Vu01 in Cowpea. [PDF]
, 2019 The root-knot nematode (RKN) species Meloidogyne incognita and M. javanica cause substantial root system damage and suppress yield of susceptible cowpea cultivars.
Guo, Yi-Ning +7 more
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THE INFLUENCE OF COWPEA CHARACTERISTICS ON COWPEA PRICES IN SENEGAL [PDF]
Agrekon, 2004 In examining demand for a product it is useful to think of consumers not as purchasing the product, but as purchasing its characteristics that provide utility. Consequently, it is important to measure the specific characteristics that consumers perceive as providing them with utility.
Faye, Mbene Dieye +3 more
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