Cowpea can be grown throughout the year under Kerala conditions. It can be grown as a floor crop in coconut gardens where sufficient solar radiation is available and as an intercrop in tapioca during May- Sept. It can be grown as a pure crop in rice fallows during rabi & summer seasons. Cowpea can be grown in homestead garden throughout the year and in kole lands of Thrissur district during summer where rice crop cannot be raised due to water scarcity.