IITA, JOSTUM release another high-yield cowpea variety

Dailytrust | 10-05-2025 06:10pm |

The Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi (JOSTUM), in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA-CGIAR), has released a new cowpea variety to Nigerian farmers for commercialisation. Our correspondent reports that the new variety named FUAMPEA 5 (Alkam super) is a high-yielding striga-resistant variety with desirable seed and consumer sensory qualities for Nigerian farmers’ [...]

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