Only available one month before planting season

Dolichos is a prostrate, twining, herbaceous annual/ biennial crop. It is a summer legume crop with a well-developed taproot system. It is a dual purpose crop; pulse grains (human food) or forage (animal food) utilized by grazing it or in a cut-and-carry system. It can also be used as a cover crop/ green manuring.

The minimum annual rainfall requirements for Dolichos are 450 mm, but production greatly increases in higher rainfall areas.

 Kg/ha 20 -25

Plant October - November

• Grain yields: 1 - 3 t /ha/season

• Forage yields: 4 - 12 t DM/ha/season
  Depending on environmental conditions and management

•  Fixes atmospheric Nitrogen

•  Dual purpose legume

•  High forage quality 

•  Green manure and cover crop application

•  Drought tolerant