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Abstract

Studies on the supplementation of ogi a weaning food produced from different pearl millet varieties with cowpea was carried out. The proximate composition of the ogicowpea blends shows that, the moisture content within the ogis blends ranged from 8.48 0.58 for GB 8735 to 9.31 0.35 for Zango, respectively. The crude protein of the ogicowpea blends ranged from 8.60 0.36 for GB 8735 to 9.27 0.10 for Gwagwa. GB 8735 ogi blend, an improved variety had the higher carbohydrate content compared to the two local varieties, Gwagwa and Zango, respectively. The digestibility at 2 h ranged from 52.6 1.1 for Gwagwa to 59.4 7.8 for Zango both being local cultivars, with the improved variety GB-8735 recording 53.7 1.5. The same pattern was observed at the 4th h for the three varieties. But at 6th h of incubation, GB-8735 recorded the highest digestibility of 89.0 9.1 followed by Zango 69.8 8.1 and Gwagwa recording 60.0 0.8. The result for the sensory evaluation test for the ogicowpea blends revealed that, all the parameters evaluated gave a statistically significant p