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January 24, 2018


Plagued by pest, African farmers may soon have access to insect-resistant GMO cowpeas—for free (Genetic Literacy Project)


December 22, 2017


Namibia - Ministry of Agriculture unveils first seeds bred in Namibia by Namibians using mutation breeding (AllAfrica)


December 13, 2017


Indian Institute of Technology researchers develop viral disease resistant variety of cowpea (Research Matters)


December 3, 2017


Ghana - A three-year $689,984 project to increase the yields of cowpea, groundnut, and soybean of smallholder farmers in the north has been launched (Modern Ghana)


November 30, 2017


Ghana - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) launches legumes improvement project (Ghana News Agency)


November 8, 2017


Nigeria - University Don seeks special attention to cowpea production (This Day)


October 26, 2017


Cowpea protected from a devastating pest, free for smallholder African farmers - Scientists have discovered a new mechanism to protect cowpea from pod borers that destroy smallholder farmers' yields


October 18, 2017


Nigeria prepares for commercialisation of Bt cowpea, cotton


October 15, 2017


Nigeria - National Agricultural Research System declares Bt cowpea safe for human consumption (Vanguard)


October 8, 2017


Nigeria - Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology discloses that farmers will have access to BT cowpea, cotton in 2018 (Vanguard)


July 31, 2017


Brasil - Variedade de feijão-caupi para agricultura familiar na região Norte


July 17, 2017


Cultivo de feijão caupi biofortificado em rotação de culturas com o arroz é tema de dia de campo


June 7, 2017


USDA Plant Variety Protection Office issues 51 certificates of protection on May 10, 2017


May 22, 2017


International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) donates 35,930 kilograms ‘Seeds of Renaissance’ to Nigeria to address humanitarian crisis


May 10, 2017


Thirsty seeds reach for medicine cabinet


April 24, 2017


Malawi progresses in GM crop trials


March 9, 2017


From new beans to ancient plants, drought-busting crops take root (Thomson Reuters Foundation)


February 22, 2017


Scientists target 8 million African farmers with pod-borer resistant cowpea (Vanguard)


December 22, 2016


A genetic library of cowpea varieties for food security


November 18, 2016


Farmer preferred improved varieties demonstrated in Niger


October 24, 2016


Researchers inventing pod borer resistant cowpea for Africa


October 16, 2016


Nigeria - African Agricultural Technology Foundation and Institute for Agricultural Research develop insect, pest resistant cowpea (Vanguard)


October 14, 2016


How University of California scientists are taking on the global food crisis


September 2, 2016


Nigeria - Ahmadu Bello University’s revolution in seeds technology (Leadership)


August 31, 2016


Cowpeas are the answer. What’s the question?


April 22, 2016


Malawi legume farmers laud seed breeder Peacock Enterprise Ltd. for drought tolerant and bumper harvest hybrid seeds (The Maravi Post)


March 18, 2016


University of California, Riverside scientists receive grant to sequence cowpea genome


July 1, 2015


Ghana - USAID sponsored cowpea seed improvement project begins (Ghana Business News)


May 18, 2015


Contributing to Niger's national agriculture agenda


April 21, 2015


Feeding a growing population - How science is helping improve cowpea yields in Africa


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