Comparative Trials at Mpwapwa with Leguminous Crops of Value in Feeding Live Stock

Abstract

Maharage beans (a form of Phaseolus vulgaris), peas, pigeon peas and buckwheat are not economic crops under the dry conditions of the Central Province; a drought resistant variety of Glycine is required and the merits of cowpeas, dolichos beans and velvet beans for hay yields are compared, in which the superiority of cowpeas is established.-M.H.