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Prospects for pigeonpea cultivation in drought-prone areas of South Africa

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Title Prospects for pigeonpea cultivation in drought-prone areas of South Africa
 
Creator Mathews, C
Saxena, K B
 
Subject Pigeonpea
 
Description Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan [L] Millsp.) is an important food-legume crop, grown in over 4m
ha of the tropics and sub-tropics. In southern and eastern Africa, pigeonpea constitutes an
important component of dry land production systems where its dry, whole seeds are used
for making soup mixed with or without meat and the green, mature seeds as a vegetable.
Although pigeonpea is not a field crop in South Africa, approximately 120-150 tonnes of
decorticated, dry, split-peas (locally known as “oil-dhal”) are imported monthly to meet the
demand of the local Asian community.
 
Date 2005
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4907/1/Prospects%20for%20pigeonpea%20cultivation%20in%20drought-prone%20areas%20of%20South%20Africa.pdf
Mathews, C and Saxena, K B (2005) Prospects for pigeonpea cultivation in drought-prone areas of South Africa. In: In Proceedings of the First International Edible Legume Conference in Conjunction with the IVth World Cowpea Congress, 17–21 April 2005, Durban, South Africa.