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During the summer season, the problem of green fodder for livestock increases, to avoid this situation the livestock owner should sow cowpea.
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Cowpea is used as nutritious fodder for animals.
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Cowpea is the quickest growing pulses fodder crop,
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The cowpea crop is more nutritious and fully digestible and the grass is mixed with it during sowing which also increases its nutritional value.
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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.
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Apart from this, cowpea is also a leguminous crop that increases the availability of a nutrient called nitrogen in the soil.
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For summer crops, farmers can sow it in the month of March-April.
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