Edible Portion: Seeds, Leaves, Pods, Vegetable A climbing bean with long pods. The vines can be 3 m long. They normally twine around sticks. Dwarf kinds also occur.Leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval and side leaflets are at an angle. Leaflets can be 2-16 cm long by 1-12 cm wide.The...
2009-07-20 Grain legumes can be a tremendously important tool in combating malnutrition. The term “grain legume” or “pulse crop” is used for leguminous crops (e.g. cowpea, beans, peanut), the seeds of which are harvested dry and then cooked in various ways or made into flour. Being legumes, they provide a...
2009-07-20 Many of you have graciously taken the time to fill out the seed harvest report form that accompanies each mailing of seeds from our seed bank. In reading reports from people in our network, we want to learn whether the seeds we are sending out have improved the lives of poor small-holder farmers....
Nuvi ɖĕè e nɔ ylɔ ɖɔ Bruches de niébé (Callosobruchus maculatus) ɔ nɔ hin ayikún gblĕ hwenu e yà bo dŏ agɔ gŭdò ɔ. ɖŏ yεwunkwiyi dowu élɔ ɖĕè e hin ɔ e nan kpɔn ɖͻ alŏkàn ɖĕ yi nukon lĕ jĭ ɔ mε ɔ, mì ɖó lĕè e na zăn hwezivɔ bó dó hù nuvi e nɔ dŏ tagbà nú ayikún lε có bó e ná dŏ agɔ ɔ zĕ xlɛ wε.