Cowpea
In SSA, Nigeria and Niger are the biggest producers of cowpea (Abate et al. 2012). In Nigeria, 56% of the cowpea produced is sold (Rusike et al. 2013) and may be considered a luxury good since consumption rises with income (Ning and LaRochelle 2016). Sale of cowpea fodder in Nigeria accounts for 44% of total value and 56% of the grain (Kristjanson et al. 2005). In Nigeria, 3.5 bundles of cowpea haulms are worth 1 kg of grain (Samirereddypalle et al. 2017). Niger is the major exporter and Nigeria the biggest importer of cowpea (Langyintuo et al. 2003).
CURRENT USES
| Non-market | Domestic market | Export market | ||||
| Subsistence | Fuelwood | Fodder | Food/food processing | Feed | Alcohol | |
| X | X | X | ||||
IMPORTANT TRAITS NEEDED TO MEET ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES AND END USES
| Societal | Resistance to environmental stresses | End uses | ||
| Nutrition and health | Biotic | Abiotic | Market | Non-market |
| Cooking time, protein, Ca | Insects (aphid, thrips, pod-sucking bug, maruca), Striga | Drought (early maturity), low P | Yield, colour, haulm yield, digestibility | |
