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dc.contributor.authorKang, B.T.
dc.contributor.authorReynolds, L.
dc.contributor.authorAtta-Krah, A.N.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:36:01Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:36:01Z
dc.date.issued1990
dc.identifier.citationKang, B.T., Reynolds, L. & Atta-Krah, A.N. (1990). Alley farming. Advances in Agronomy, 43, 315-359.
dc.identifier.issn0065-2113
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/6042
dc.description.abstractAlley farming involves the cultivation of food crops among hedgerows of multipurpose trees. Use of woody legumes provides N-rich mulch and green manure to maintain soil fertility and enhance crop production, and protein-rich fodder for livestock. The success of alley farming depends on a number of technical factors—choice of suitable woody species, successful establishment of the hedgerows, and appropriate management of the hedgerows. The alley farming technique being a scale-neutral system is flexible enough for use both by smallholder farmers and in mechanized farming. It has the potential for providing the linkage between the extensive traditional farming practice and intensive farming. Alley farming allows for longer cropping period with increased land use intensity, rapid and effective soil fertility regeneration by inclusion of selective MPTs, and more intensive cropping with reduced requirements for external inputs.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAlley Farming
dc.subjectLegumes
dc.subjectHedgerow Intercropping
dc.subjectSoil Fertility
dc.subjectCrop Yield
dc.subjectTraditional Farming
dc.subjectGliricidia
dc.titleAlley farming
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Institute
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centre
cg.iitasubjectSoil Fertility
cg.iitasubjectGrain Legumes
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid105972
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2113(08)60481-2


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