Farmers are excited over the 60-day cowpea harvest in Benue, Nigeria

Farmers in Benue State are now reaping the reward of their hard work as they enjoy a bountiful cowpea harvest from the crop they planted in the onset of the rainy season. Our correspondent, who went around some farms at the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM), formerly Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (FUAM), reports that harvest was going on in fields where early maturing cowpea seeds were cultivated. Young women and men working as harvesters in some of the fields expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the harvest, pointing out that it was a huge success. Among those working diligently in the fields were Sunday Comfort and Akama Joy. Comfort said it was exciting being part of the harvest which such a good one, while Joy said it was not difficult reaping in the field because it was well managed from the beginning. “No hassles working on this farm. It’s so easy picking the cowpea pods and you can see that we have already reaped so much in the few hours ...