IMPROVING FARM INCOME BY INTERCROPPING AROIDS WITH BEANS

Bernard Francois, Charles Douglas, Harold Patterson, Calixte George and Lenford Sampson

No 261320, 22nd Annual Meeting, August 25-29, 1986, St. Lucia from Caribbean Food Crops Society

Abstract: During the cropping seasons of 1984 and 1985, experimental trials were conducted on farmers' holdings in St. Vincent where tannia and/or dasheen were intercropped with lima beans. Economic analyses of the different intercropping systems indicated that farm incomes were increased from intercropping. Incomes from tannia and dasheen were higher due to the presence of bean intercrops in the system. Returns from beans in the intercrop systems were significantly greater than the additional cost of growing the bean in the systems.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9
Date: 1986-08-25
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.261320

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