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| | THE POTENTIAL OF PIGEON PEA (CAJANUS CAJAN MILLSP) AS A HORTICULTURAL CROP IN EAST AFRICA |
 | | The pigeon pea, also known as redgram, arhar, turdhal, gandul, mpindi, nkolimbo and mbaazi is a member of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) and is not often considered to be a horticultural crop. |
 | | Pigeon pea is, nevertheless, one of the fastest growing cash crops for canning and, in 1968, in the Eastern Region of Kenya it ranked sixth in value after coffee, vegetables, miraa, beans and maize. |
 | | The production and farm value of pigeon peas in the Caribbean region is expected to increase over an indefinite period owing to the rapidly expanding demand in the Western Hemisphere (Abrams, 1969). |
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