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Resources Tagged: Intercropping

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  1. Effect of Intercropping On Yield Of Sweet Potato

    1997-11-19 If I intercrop sweet potato with taller plants, how much will that reduce the productivity of the sweet potato?
    Sweet Potato Intercropping Root Crops

  2. Cucumber as an intercrop

    2014-10-20 Nathanael Szobody submitted the following in response to an update in EDN 123 on research ECHO is doing in South Africa. We thought these comments were particularly interesting and insightful, as they illustrate the contribution that farmers can make to further our understanding of agricultural...
    Intercropping Cover Crops

  3. Further Support for the Use of Lablab in Dry Areas

    2013-04-20 The article by Dov Pasternak about lablab (in this issue) reminded me of material in ECHO’s files from many years ago. Reimar von Schaaffhausen, working in São Paulo, Brazil, sent articles and letters over the years about the valuable role that lablab (and pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan]) have played...
    Lablab GMCC Intercropping

  4. Tolerance of Moringa oleifera to Freeze Events

    2012-01-01 Through funding from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, ECHO has completed an initial year of research in South Africa (Limpopo Province). Our goal is to conduct research applicable to farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Part of our research has been to study a moringa/legume intercropping system, in...
    Moringa Limpopo Legume Intercropping Freeze Events Mulching

  5. Job’s Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi L.), a Resilient and Multipurpose Grain

    2013-07-20 Job’s tears is a 1 to 2 m tall grass thought to originate from Southeast Asia. It is found throughout most of the tropics, often in wild stands along ditches and streams. Depending on the variety, the seeds are yellow, purple or brown and are often tearshaped; hence, the name “Job’s tears.” There...
    Job's Tears Poultry Feed Animal Feed Flour Intercropping biomass

  6. Sesbania rostrata: A Green Manure Production System for Rice

    2002-04-20 A researcher in the Sri Lankan national agricultural research system began screening a number of green manure crops for biomass production and N-content. Sesbania rostrata stood out among the species that were screened (others included S. sesban, S. aculeata, Crotalaria juncea and C. caricia).
    Intercropping Sesbania Rice Farming Systems

  7. Why Intercropping Reduces Yield Of Sweet Potatoes

    1998-05-19 Sweet potato produces tubers when it is STRESSED. That is why, in intercropping, it produces more leaves and fewer tubers.
    Sweet Potato Intercropping

  8. Increased Yields, Less Disease

    2004-01-20 An international team of scientists working with thousands of small farmers in China demonstrated a simple method to increase the yield of two varieties of rice (Oryza sativa) and to reduce incidence of a disease called rice blast.
    Intercropping Plant Disease Rice

  9. Faba bean (Vicia faba)

    2008-10-20 Faba bean is one of the oldest dual-use food and fodder species. The beans are rich in minerals (calcium, phosphorus) and vitamins. Containing approximately 26% protein, 2% fat, and 50% carbohydrate, faba bean is considered in some regions to be superior to field peas or other legumes as a human...
    Legume Health Seeds Nutrition Faba Bean Intercropping

  10. Poster - 2-4-2 Maize/Legume Intercropping Trial Update (2016)

    2016-11-20 The 2:4 maize–double cowpea system consists of a repeating sequence of 4 rows of cowpea alternated with 2 rows of maize. Maize and cowpea are planted on the same day. The second cowpea crop is planted after the first has been harvested (about 60 days after planting).1The objective of this trial...
    Intercropping Maize Legume