Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp), is one of the major legume crops grown in the semi arid regions of Uganda. It is an important food crop for the resource poor, supporting household needs from the early seedling stages to postharvesting time. In Uganda, the crop is an eminent source of food and household income to the resource poor and about 90% of the crop is grown in the eastern and northern districts of the country. This short production guide was prepared as an easy to use guide providing farmers and field practitioners with useful information on the necessary steps for the cowpea production including, land preparation, planting, inter-cropping, fertilizers application, weeeding, drying, threshing etc. etc. They also provide useful information om the modalities for storage and pest control, seed bed preparation planting and common disease management. This guide was developed as part of the implementation of the project “Strengthening Seed Delivery System for Dryland Cereals and Legumes in Drought-prone Areas of Uganda” funded in the 3rdcycle of the Benefit Sharing Fund (BSF) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) with financial support from the European Union (Eu).