2012/09/01 by Raphiou Maliki, Denis Cornet, Anne Floquet +1
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Agricultural pest management studies #Agriculture and Rural Development Research #Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
paper · doi:10.5367/oa.2012.0094
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West Africa has major problems relating to the impact of slash-and-burn shifting cultivation on soil systems. In order to design more sustainable yam cropping systems, agronomy research in Benin has implemented trials in partnership with smallholders on alternative yam-based systems using shrubby (Gliricidia sepium) and herbaceous (Aeschynomene histrix) legumes. In the first phase, farmers modified these new systems within their own constraints; the systems were then further evaluated. The agronomic and economic performance of farmer-adapted alternative yam-based cropping systems and the implications for wider international application are discussed.