This project aims to expand the supply of drought-tolerant cowpea cultivars with high protein content for farmers in Uganda, a country in the East of Africa. The development of the cultivars will result in materials specifically generated for semiarid conditions, with disease tolerance and market value

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2013

Historically, the agricultural activities in the northeast of Pará have been concentrated in the hands of small farmers and family-based workforce, who dedicate themselves almost exclusively to subsistence farming with focus on yuca (Manihot esculenta), corn and caupi-beans (Vigna Unguiculata) as crops with most significant socio-economic expression. This practice is done with little or no use of agricultural supplies, such as lime and fertilizers, leading the region's lands, which already have ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2007