African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6865

Full Length Research Paper

Yields and forage nutritive quality of high-yielding dual purpose cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) varieties in the Sahelian low-input cropping system

Ibrahim Ali
  • Ibrahim Ali
  • Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP Africa) P. O. Box 12404 Niamey, Niger.
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Pasternak Dov
  • Pasternak Dov
  • International Adviser Drylands Agriculture, 16/12 Harav Goren St. Rishon LetZion 75753, Israel.
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  •  Received: 13 July 2017
  •  Accepted: 31 August 2017
  •  Published: 05 October 2017

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