Table 4 Repartition of households over main cowpea varieties grown
From: IITA’s genebank, cowpea diversity on farms, and farmers’ welfare in Nigeria
Cowpea varieties | North West | North East | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total area planted (in ha) as main cowpea variety | Number of households growing it as main cowpea variety | Total area planted (in ha) as main cowpea variety | Number of households growing it as main cowpea variety | |
Improved cowpea varieties | ||||
IT99K-216-24-2/Kwankwaso | 33.544 | 110 | 18.777 | 27 |
IT90K-277-2/Sasakawa | 26.363 | 62 | 12.732 | 18 |
IT89KD-288/Sampea-11 | 32.724 | 92 | 39.210 | 45 |
IT97K-499-35/Sampea-10 | 10.041 | 25 | 3.062 | 5 |
IAR48/Sampea 7 | 2.538 | 4 | 3.326 | 3 |
IT89KD-391/Sampea 12 | 4.224 | 9 | 4.656 | 6 |
IT99K-573-1-1/Sampea-14 | 18.191 | 45 | 9.605 | 13 |
IT98K-573-2-1/Sampea 15 | 5.746 | 22 | 2.209 | 6 |
IT93K-452-1/Sampea 8 | 2.543 | 6 | 1.304 | 3 |
IT98K-131-2 | 2.068 | 6 | 0.118 | 1 |
IT98K-491-4 | 13.355 | 30 | 13.064 | 26 |
IT07K-318-33/Sampea 17 | 0.605 | 1 | 0.429 | 1 |
IT07K-292-10/Sampea 16 | 4.596 | 16 | 2.99 | 7 |
IT98K-205-8 | 5.8 | 18 | 1.532 | 3 |
UAM09-1055-6 | 21.104 | 64 | 18.960 | 32 |
UAM09-1046-6-1 | 2.923 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Cowpea landraces | ||||
Silver (Local) | 8.282 | 16 | 15.08 | 25 |
Portiskum (Local) | 27.431 | 36 | 25.252 | 33 |
Kananado Brown (Local) | 3.130 | 13 | 16.951 | 22 |
Kananado White/Dan Bokolo | 94.548 | 175 | 67.997 | 103 |
Gwalam | 24.205 | 60 | 17.176 | 56 |
Bosadp | 8.461 | 24 | 13.783 | 30 |
Other improved cowpea varieties | 2.657 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Other cowpea landraces | 213.654 | 358 | 131.773 | 162 |