Assertion: cowpea | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: in africa
type: LOCATION
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: to the people of northern
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: globally
type: LOCATION
value: in human dietary need
type: OTHER
value: in most parts of the world
type: LOCATION
value: in multiple cropping systems
type: LOCATION
value: for smallholder farmers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: with diverse uses
type: OTHER
value: in asia
type: LOCATION
value: in latin america
type: LOCATION
value: for resource-poor families
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: economically
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: It is particularly important in West Africa with over 9.3 million metric tonnes of annual production (Oritz, 1998).
text: Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an important crop, contributing to the health and livelihood of millions of people in tropical and sub-tropical countries, particularly Africa (Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, Togo) and Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Nepal, China, Malaysia)
text: Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.), is an important grain legume grown in the tropics where it constitutes a valuable source of protein in the diets of millions of people.
text: — the pest that can cause up to 80 percent yield loss in cowpea, an important source of protein in the diet of millions of Nigerians and other West Africans.
text: In West Africa, cowpea hay is an important fodder sold in local markets.
text: Cowpea (L. Walp) is an important legume grown primarily in semi-arid area.
text: Cowpea, Bambara groundnut, marama bean, and African locust and yam bean are important legumes in Africa with growing global appeal as food crops.
text: Cowpea (Vigna ungiculata L) is an economically important food legume in Africa .
text: Cowpea is a very important food source and a widely cultivated legume throughout the world, particularly in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
text: Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an important legume crop with diverse uses.
text: Drought resistance is one reason that cowpea is such an important crop in many underdeveloped parts of the world.
text: Cowpea is an important economic crop, because of its various attributes such as: ability to adapt to different type of soils and suitability for intercropping, it grows and covers the topmost soil which in turn prevents erosion, all parts of Cowpea are useful even the leaves which can produce 9 times the calories, 15 times the protein, 90 times the calcium and thousands of times
text: Since cowpea is an important protein source for smallholder farmers, increase in the grain protein content would improve the quality of their diet.
text: Cowpea is an important food grain legume for over 200 million people in the dry savanna of tropical Africa.
text: Cowpea is important in multiple cropping systems which involve monocropping, relay cropping, and mixed intercropping.
text: Cowpea is important in human dietary need, especially for resource-poor families, as a source of quality protein for human and animal nutrition.
text: Cowpea is also an important crop in parts of Asia, South America, and the USA (Singh, 2014 ).
text: Cowpea is also an important crop in parts of Asia, South America, and the USA (Singh, 2014 ).
text: Globally, cowpea is an important grain legume adapted and grown in dry areas of the tropics and subtropics.
text: Cowpea is an important grain legume in most parts of the world and serves as source of protein in the diets of millions in Africa  .
text: Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is an important source of protein to the people of northern
text: The PBR cowpea was developed by scientists at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria-Nigeria, in response to the devastating threat of Maruca Vitrata, a pod-boring insect that can lead to up to 80% yield losses in cowpea, an important source of protein for millions of people in Nigeria and West Africa.