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Food Legumes Research Program:
This Program involves five winter legume crops, namely, faba bean, haricot beans, chickpea, lentil and lupins all of which are mainly grown under irrigation in northern Sudan. They have however been recently introduced in Khartoum, Gezira, Sennar, White Nile and North and South Darfur States. Average yields are 0.7, 0.6, 0.4 and 0.7 t/fed for faba bean, chickpea, lentil and haricot beans, respectively. These yields are considered low if compared with those realized in experimental stations in Sudan (1.0-1.2 t/fed.) or with those obtained in other countries such as Egypt (1.2 t/fed).The Program also includes research on three summer legume crops: cowpea, pigeon pea and guar; all grown under rain-fed conditions in western Sudan, Blue Nile, Gedarif, Kassala and Sennar States. The Program endeavors to raise crop productivity, reduce production costs, arrive at optimal crop rotations and provide breeder seed for further propagation by concerned institutions.
