Jugo bean is native to West Africa but is now grown widely as a crop in the tropical regions of Africa. It has the advantage of being able to be reasonably productive even under extreme conditions such as drought and poor soil.
For planting purposes
Plant Oct - Nov
Kg/ha 20 - 25kg
PRODUCTION LEVELS
South Africa
In South Africa it is produced by local people mostly for subsistence
purposes. It was only in recent years that people started selling it in local
markets (e.g. boiled groundnuts). It is cultivated as an intercrop with maize,
cowpeas and melons and as a sole crop. The size of Bambara plots range
from 300 to 2500 m2 per farmer. The crop is not grown commercially in
South Africa, they were neglected by National Research Institutes in the past
and therefore, little was known about the optimum agronomic practices for
this crop.