Cowpea_Seed Production _ Road Map_TL III Annual Meet

1. TL III Annual Meeting
3 – 4 March 2016
Chrismar Hotel
(Livingstone Zambia)
Objective 6:Impact-Oriented Legume Seed Systems
for Smallholder Farmers
Dr Zoumana KOUYATE
Station de Recherche Agronomique de Cinzana (SRAC)
zkouyate@yohoo.fr Cell: 76 32 88 65

2. 2. Objectif
To improve coverage rate in certified seeds and
increase cowpea production.

3. Activity 6.2. Sustainable Production and
Delivery of Various Seed Classes
Table 1: Foundation cowpea seeds production (ton),
Cinzana Agronomic Research Station, 2015.
Varieties
Production of founda-
tion seed (tons)
IT89KD-374 (Korobalen) 3. 564
IT90K-372-1-2 (Wili Bali) 2. 377
IT89KD-245 (Sangaraka) 1. 564
IT97K-499-35 (Jigiya) 1.043
CZ1- 94- 23-2 (Gana Shoni) 0.418
CZ1- 94-23-1 (Gana Shoba) 0.361
CZ11-94-5C (Cinz. N’Télimani) 0.061
Total = 9. 861

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40
60
80
IT89KD-374 IT89KD-245 IT90K-372-1-2 PRL 73 PBL 112 IT97-499-35
Cowpea Variety
Production(ton)
Figure 1: Production of certified cowpea seed (ton); 2015
Certified cowpea seeds produced (ton)
by partners, 2015.

5. Table 2: Cowpea Seed Production and Adoption Roadmap
SSN*: National Seed Service
Categ.
of
seed
Struct
or
Proj.
Cowpea seed production (tons / year
2015 2016 2017 2018 TOTAL
Breed.
seed
TL III 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 5.6
SSN* 3.12 3.36 3.60 3.87 13.95
Found
seed
TL III 53 53 53 53 212
SSN* 117 126 135 145 523
Certif.
seed
TL III 800 800 800 800 3200
SSN* 820 861 902 943 3526

6. Recommandation
Organize a forum annual where actors (producers and
distributors) present their realization figures (production and
sales) and also their constraints. These data will enable the
technical services to revise ambitions.

8. Cowpea varieties to be promoted
Responsibility: IER, DRA
1. IT90K-372-1-2 (Wilibali), in diffusion;
2. IT97K-499-35 (Jiguiya), in diffusion;
3. CZ06-3-1 (Acar), in demonstrations;
4. CZ06-1-12, in demonstrations;
5. CZ06-4-16, in demonstrations.