Resources Tagged: Intercropping

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Tropical Legumes for Sustained Cropping on Marginal Soils

    Through generous support from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, ECHO completed a five-year (2010-2015) research project in Limpopo Province of South Africa. The central question addressed was “How can smallscale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa continue to produce food with limited resources for...
    Sustainability Intercropping Legumes Tropical legumes Depleted Soils GMCC

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Intercropping for Pest Control

    2012-07-01 “Push-pull” is an intercropping strategy that protects maize and other grain crops against maize stemborer insect larvae (Chilo partellus) and a parasitic weed called striga (Striga hermonthica). In eastern and southern Africa, these pests have caused huge losses in maize and sorghum yields....
    Push-pull Intercropping Pest Management

  9. Partial Control of Bacterial Wilt of Tomato with Chinese Chives

    2002-10-01 We recently learned of a simple technique that may reduce bacterial wilt in tomatoes. Interplanting (or pre-planting) Chinese chive with tomato results in allelopathic suppression of the organism responsible for bacterial wilt. Bacterial wilt is a disease that affects many different crops,...
    Pest Management Intercropping IPM Integrated Pest Ma...

  10. Grow row by row - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Farmers in northern Nigeria are changing the way they intercrop their sorghum and millet with cowpea. By planting both crops at higher densities and in separate rows, and by applying some organic and mineral fertilizer, they harvest more and reduce damage by the...
    Sustainable Land M... Soil Fertility Striga AccessAgriculture Intercropping Sorghum Cowpea West Africa