Mung bean crops have benefits for the soil and future crops, as well as livestock. The plants are often added to animal feed, ...

The government has declared Mung Bean (ndengu) a scheduled crop alongside cocoyam. In a gazette notice dated November 15, Agriculture and Livestock Development CS Andrew Karanja said the two crops ...

Mung beans are a short-season crop, which can be double-cropped with wheat or other grains. A mung bean crop takes between 75 to 100 days to mature and most are planted with a drill, although row ...

These new varieties have improved crops’ yield performance, resistance to disease and nutritional profile. The two varieties released in 2021 — NIAB Mung 2021 (NM-2021) and Abbas Mung — were grown on ...

The crop: mung beans. Mungs are legumes that came originally from China. For more than 100 years a few U.S. farmers have raised mungs in small quantities for fodder, but had found little market ...

Although alfalfa and mung beans are the most common seeds used for sprouting, there’s a huge array of vegetables to choose from, including radish, lentils, broccoli, mustards and a variety of mixes.

In 2017, Singh selected 500 lines of mung beans and started a breeding program at ISU. “I was looking for something that could be used in double cropping, so if a summer crop fails a farmer has ...

LAHORE: The Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has advised cotton growers to conduct regular pest scouting of ...

In 2012, an agreement was signed for the export of mung bean on a limited scale. The crop is brought from local markets and sent to Ishwardi upazila for processing before being exported.

Meanwhile, legumes -- which include mung beans -- have increased by a comparatively meagre 60%. It's a classic case of underinvestment leading to underutilisation.