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Black-Eyed Peas 'Crop of The Future' For Senegal

September 25th, 2010 - By TheEditor
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(AP) –To address the spiraling cost of food which elsewhere in Africa has degenerated into violent riots, Senegal is looking to a crop from its past. The black-eyed pea – known also as the cowpea – has the potential to feed millions and to act as a substitute for wheat which is not grown here or in many countries in the region, according to participants at the Fifth World Cowpea Research Conference set to start in Dakar next week.

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