Climate Resilient Cowpea Innovation Lab
The Climate-Resilient Cowpea Innovation Lab develops and applies advanced genomic tools to cowpea breeding to increase yield, drought tolerance and fungal resistance in cowpea (or black-eyed peas), a common nutritious staple in African countries.
We’re working on developing better yielding varieties of cowpea. Drought affects the viability of conventional cowpeas, from planting to harvesting, in some of world’s most food insecure countries. Our Lab’s research will continue to have a positive impact on cowpea breeding for African farmers.
Lead Institute
University of California, Riverside
Focus countries
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal
US-based partners
N/A
Focus-country partners
We work with the following partners:
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Dr. Joseph Batieno, Institut de l’Environment et des Recherches Agricole (INERA), Koudougou and Kamboinse, Burkina Faso.
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Dr. Francis Kusi, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), Manga and Tamale, Ghana.
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Dr. Ousmane Boukar and Dr. Christian Fatokun, International Inst. for Tropical Ag. (IITA) Kano and Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Dr. Ndiaga Cissé, Centre National Recherches Agronomie, Bambey, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches
Learn more
Read this recent article to learn more about our most recent activity.
Stay in touch
Dr. Timothy Close is the Director of Climate Resilient Cowpea Innovation Lab. Email our director if you’d like to learn more: timothy.close@ucr.edu
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