During the summer season, the problem of green fodder for livestock increases, to avoid this situation the livestock owner should sow cowpea.
Cowpea is used as a nutritious fodder for animals
Cowpea is the quickest growing pulses fodder crop,
The cowpea crop is more nutritious and fully digestible and as grass is mixed with it during sowing which also increases its nutritional value.
Cowpea is also served as a vegetable and as the availability of green vegetables is reduced during the rainy days, the production of cowpea for green vegetables brings good profits to the farmers.
As cowpea is a pulses crop, it greatly increases the availability of the nutrient called nitrogen in the soil.