INTERCROPPING - THE' HIDDEN REVOLUTION: A SOLUTION TO LAND SCARCITY AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY

K. Spio

Agrekon, 1996, vol. 35, issue 4

Abstract: Many development economists have regarded intercropping as a traditional way of ~owing. crops, w~ch to them cannot stand up to present day realities. The results in this paper and other research results ~!ve a d1f!erent picture. It shows ~at intercropping has a higher total productivity per urut land area and ~eater stab1hty of yields and revenues than its monocropping counterparts. It could therefore be seen as a system which could be used to fill the gap created by the problem of scarcity of land as well as using it to improve household food insecurity.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.267981

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