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Impact evaluation of the use of PBR cowpea in Nigeria: Baseline report

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  • Amare, Mulubhran
  • Andam, Kwaw S.
  • Bamiwuye, Temilolu
  • Chambers, Judith
  • Edeh, Hyacinth
  • Fasoranti, Adetunji
  • Nwagboso, Chibuzo
  • Zambrano, Patrica

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Nigeria is the largest consumer and producer of cowpea in Africa. Produced predominantly by smallholder farmers, cowpea is relied on by millions of Nigerians and is one of their main sources of affordable protein. Despite cowpea’s economic relevance (Nwagboso et al. 2024; Phillip et al. 2019), cowpea yields in Nigeria have barely grown over the last 20 years. One of the main abiotic constraints of the crop is the pod-borer insect (Maruca vitrata), which can cause damages of up to 80 percent. Given that conventional breeding has not been successful in addressing this constraint, local and international efforts over the last decades focused on developing a pod-borer-resistant (PBR) cowpea. The culmination of these efforts in Nigeria was the commercial release of the PBR cowpea variety SAMPEA-20T in late 2019.

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  • Amare, Mulubhran & Andam, Kwaw S. & Bamiwuye, Temilolu & Chambers, Judith & Edeh, Hyacinth & Fasoranti, Adetunji & Nwagboso, Chibuzo & Zambrano, Patrica, 2024. "Impact evaluation of the use of PBR cowpea in Nigeria: Baseline report," Research reports 145074, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:resrep:145074
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