3.Cowpea

About 95 percent of global cowpea production is produced in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with West Africa producing over 80 percent of Africa's share. Over 65 percent of cowpea is produced by poor households in Nigeria, meaning that cowpea is primarily produced by the poor, who stand to benefit from cowpea research and extension. The basic analysis shows the production of cowpeas and yield production per ha shown on **Figure 9**.

Despite these encouraging signs, cowpea yields remain low due to a variety of production restrictions as well as a lack of adoption of improved varieties and agronomic approaches.
