FAO expert Fred Javaheri (second from left) discusses farming techniques with farmers and other experts at edge of cowpea field. - - Integrated Crop Management/Food Legume Project: GRZ/UNDP/ZAM/92/003. The project promotes food legumes such as beans, cowpea, soyabean and groundnuts as ideal crops for small farmers. Legumes are drought resistant, an important quality in drought prone Zambia, do well without expensive inputs and are best managed in small