Less well known are Africa's combination of sorghum, African rice, and pearl millet with cowpeas and groundnuts, and the Andes' combination of the noncereal grain quinoa with several bean species.
So TJ's ... genetically modified cowpea that is insect-resistant is very powerful, and TJ and his colleagues work with governments in West Africa to put in place regulatory frameworks for genetically modified crops.
It is, in fact the most important vegetable protein source in West Africa, and it is often referred to as the " poor man's meat." A problem with cowpea is that a pod boring insect can completely destroy a family's entire crop.