Ten years experience with alley farming in Central America

The first alley cropping trial in Latin America was set up in May of 1982 with Erythrina poeppigiana Walpers O.F. Cook and Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp. Maize, phaseolus beans, and cassava were used as test crops. Bean performance under alley farming was generally superior to maize, significantly outyielding control plots. Although above ground biomass produced by maize was significantly higher under alley farming, maize yield was equivalent to control plots. Starting from 1983, similar trials were set up on farmers's fields using Gliricidia sepium and a maize/bean rotation. Alley farming generally gave both higher mean maize and bean yields and higher yield stability than control plots. In 1990 additional alley farming trials were carried out in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	105640 Pinto, L.S., 67308 Ferreira, P., 82396 Kass, D.L., 43615 Araya, J.S., 115667 Sanchez, J.O., 82209 Kang, B.T., 101939 Osiname, A.O., 85042 Larbi, A. eds., 2619 Alley Farming Network for Tropical Africa, Ibadan (Nigeria), 12742 International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan (Nigeria), 12618 International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Nairobi (Kenia), 12761 International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi (Kenia), 35714 International Conference on Alley Farming Ibadan (Nigeria) 14-18 Set 1992
Format:	biblioteca
Published:	Ibadan (Nigeria) 1995
Subjects:	ZEA MAYS, PHASEOLUS VULGARIS, GLIRIDICIA SEPIUM, ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA, CULTIVO EN CALLEJONES, RENDIMIENTO DE CULTIVOS, EXPERIMENTACION, AMERICA CENTRAL,
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