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Coffee/Banana intercropping as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi

dc.contributor.authorJassogne, Laurence T.P.
dc.contributor.authorNibasumba, A.
dc.contributor.authorWairegi, L.
dc.contributor.authorBaret, P.V.
dc.contributor.authorDeraeck, J.
dc.contributor.authorMukasa, D.
dc.contributor.authorWanyama, I.
dc.contributor.authorBongers, G.
dc.contributor.authorAsten, Piet J.A. van
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:07:50Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:07:50Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationJassogne, L., Nibasumba, A., Wairegi, L., Baret, P.V., Deraeck, J., Mukasa, D. ... & Van Asten, P.J.A. (2013). Coffee/Banana intercropping as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. In G. Blomme, P. Van Asten and B. Vanlauwe, Banana systems in the humid highlands of sub-Saharan Africa, (p.144-149). Wallingford: CABI.
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-78064-231-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1612
dc.description.abstractCoffee is a primary cash crop and banana a primary food crop in the East African highlands region, including Rwanda, Burundi, north-west Tanzania, west and central Kenya and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. These two crops often occur on the same smallholder farms, either planted on separate plots or intercropped. In certain countries, intercropping coffee and banana is voluntarily practised, while in others governments recommend growing these crops on separate plots. Even if intercropping coffee and banana leads to a decrease in coffee yields under certain conditions, it gives certain advantages to smallholder farmers. Intercropping offers higher returns per unit of land compared with coffee alone. Farmers increasingly resort to intercropping as a result of declining farm sizes, and in an effort to reduce risks related to income and food security. Researchers have identified the potential opportunity for intercropping coffee and banana for smallholder farmers, but many public and private development partners have not yet fully embraced this technology. The benefits and constraints of intercropping coffee and banana are discussed based on results from Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda. The aim is to understand the drivers of this system in Uganda, where intercropping is a common practice, so that a framework can be suggested to develop research and recommendations for intercropping coffee and bananas in Burundi and Rwanda, where intercropping is under experimentation and has high potential.
dc.format.extent144-149
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCentre for Agriculture and Biosciences International
dc.subjectCoffee
dc.subjectBananas
dc.subjectCropping Systems
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectFarming Systems
dc.subjectTechnology Transfer
dc.subjectSmallholders
dc.subjectIntercropping
dc.titleCoffee/Banana intercropping as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi
dc.typeBook Chapter
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.crpIntegrated Systems for the Humid Tropics
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Catholique de Louvain
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi
cg.contributor.affiliationCAB International
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionCentral Africa
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryBurundi
cg.coverage.countryRwanda
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectBanana
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.publicationplaceWallingford, UK.
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid82423
cg.targetaudienceScientists


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