Agronomic and economic performance of legume-legume and cereal-legume intercropping systems in Northern Tanzania

M.W. Kinyua, J. Kihara, M. Bekunda, P. Bolo, F.S. Mairura, G. Fischer and M.W. Mucheru-Muna

Agricultural Systems, 2023, vol. 205, issue C

Abstract: Cereal-legume intercropping, a common practice among farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), is important for crop diversification, soil fertility improvement, household nutrition and climate adaptation. However, cereals often outcompete the intercropped legumes for growth resources resulting in low legume yields.

Keywords: Mbili-Mbili; Doubled-up legume; Cropping systems; Competition; Gender; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X22002256
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:agisys:v:205:y:2023:i:c:s0308521x22002256

DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103589

Access Statistics for this article

Agricultural Systems is currently edited by J.W. Hansen, P.K. Thornton and P.B.M. Berentsen

More articles in Agricultural Systems from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().