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Mali, West Africa. Since there is a row of millet right where these “dispersed shade” trees are planted, the trees are not reducing the plant population of the main crop, one of the major problems that has hindered the adoption of alley cropping. These women have pruned their gliricidia trees at the right height, while standing on the ground. Still, the trees are not as heavily pruned as we would normally recommend, because these women are selling gliricidia seeds for about US $ 5.00/kg to other farmers, thereby increasing their income while spontaneously spreading the technology to other farmers who have observed its results and wish to adopt the system.