Cowpeas

Cowpea needs rainfall of between 250 – 750mm/year, sandy to heavy loam soils of about 4.2-5.0pH making it ideal for Region I.

 

Variety Characteristics
1. Local Type: Long maturing, prostate
Tolerance: Low nitrogen, drought.
Days to maturity: 130 days
Seed Colour: Pinkish
Seed rate: 12kg/ha
Spacing: 75 x 15 cm
Target regions: I, II,
Yield potential: 500kg/ha
 
2. Lutembwe Type: Medium maturing, good leaf quality.
Tolerance: Low nitrogen, drought
Days to maturity: 100 days
Seed Colour: Pink
Seed rate: 12kg/ha
Spacing: 75 x 15 cm
Target regions: I, II,
Yield potential: 1,500-2,000kg/ha
 
3. Bubebe Type: Early maturing, two crops per season possible.
Tolerance: Low nitrogen, drought
Days to maturity: 63-70 days
Seed rate: 12kg/ha
Spacing: 75 x 15 cm
Target regions: I, II,
Yield potential: 1,000-1,500kg/ha
 

 

1-ZAMBIA’S AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES

Key

AER 1 = Agro-Ecological Region 1

  • Less than 800mm rainfall per year.
  • 80-120 effective growing days.
  • Suitable for millet, sorghum, maize, groundnuts, soyabeans.

 

AER 2A and AER 2B = Agro-Ecological Region 2a and Agro-ecological Region 2B

  • 800-1, 000mm rainfall per year.
  • 100-140 effective growing days.
  • Suitable for maize, sorghum, millet, cowpea, groundnuts, soyabeans.

 

AER 3 = Agro-Ecological Region 3

  • More than 1, 000mm rainfall per year.
  • 160+ effective growing days.
  • Suitable for maize, millet, sorghum, groundnuts, beans, rice, soyabean

C.2-ZAMBIA’S AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES

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Project Details
Name Cowpeas Date 07 Sat 2015 Categories Our Project Author stewardsglobe
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