February 2020

Current status of chickpea production: Opportunities for promoting, adoption and adapting the crop in Zimbabwe: A review

Chickpea is a cool season, drought hardy grain legume crop that is grown in Asia, East Africa, United States of America and Europe. The crop has the potential to close the winter legume gap because it can adapt to cool season temperatures as compared to summer legumes grown in Zimbabwe. The aim of this paper is to unpack various opportunities for promoting chickpea in drought prone areas of Zimbabwe which might be...

Author(s): Mthulisi Maya and Mcebisi Maphosa