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Fodder Cowpea vs Napier (Hybrid)

Both are Fodder. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.

Fodder Cowpea Napier (Hybrid)

Measure Fodder Cowpea Napier (Hybrid)
Season Kharif Perennial
Sowing window Jun–Jul Jun–Jul
Days to harvest 55–70 60 per cut
Spacing 30 × 10 cm 90 × 60 cm
Soil pH 5.5–7.5 5.5–7.5
Water 300–450 1000–1500
Temperature °C 25–35 25–35
Seed rate 35–40 kg 20 k slips
Yield 25–30 t green 200–250 t green
Watch for Aphid, leaf spot Leaf blight, stem borer

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