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December 15, 2019


Nigeria commercializes first transgenic food crop, a pod borer resistant cowpea variety


November 21, 2019


Ghana’s parliament gives GMO crops a boost


September 9, 2019


This crop is helping us understand humanity’s nomadic past — and prepare for a hotter, drier future - Researchers turn to cowpea DNA to explore and improve the climate resilience of the globally important crop (Ensia)


April 23, 2019


Namibian farmers introduced to new cowpea and sorghum crop varieties (New Era Live)


March 27, 2019


Nigeria - Pod borer resistant (PBR) cowpea: providing solution to farmers' plight (Leadership Newspaper)


March 10, 2019


Nigeria - Commercial release of pod borer resistant cowpea (III) (Leadership Newspaper)


March 3, 2019


Nigeria - Commercial release of pod borer resistant cowpea (II) (Leadership Newspaper)


February 25, 2019


Nigeria approves genetically modified, pod borer resitant cowpea for environmental release


February 15, 2019


The genetic improvement of cowpea: develop high-yielding varieties (Open Access Government)


February 11, 2019


Major breakthrough for farmers and scientists as Nigerian biotech body approves commercial release of genetically modified cowpea


January 29, 2019


Nigeria - Federal Government okays release of first GM food crop, PBR cowpea (Leadership)


January 23, 2019


Nigeria moves forward to Bt cowpea commercialization


January 11, 2019


Nigeria - GMO cowpea: Bridging the gap between innovation and social change


December 6, 2018


Harnessing the genetic diversity of a dynamic crop: cowpea (Open Access Government)


November 9, 2018


Ghana prepares to commercialize its first GMO crop


July 15, 2018


Texas A&M AgriLife Research releases new Ace cowpea


February 12, 2018


Nigeria - Local companies gear up for commercialization of GM seeds (Leadership)


February 11, 2018


University of Georgia research hopes the key to fighting cowpea curculio lies in snap bean genes


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


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