Gliricidia intercropping in maize farming: IPSR Innovation Profile
The sustainable intensification initiatives of Southern Africa use Gliricidia sepium, a leguminous tree species which is well adapted to the environment for their sustainable intensification practices. The importance of this system is to grow the trees in hedge rows or as dispersed trees so that lea...
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| author | Thierfelder, Christian L. |
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| description | The sustainable intensification initiatives of Southern Africa use Gliricidia sepium, a leguminous tree species which is well adapted to the environment for their sustainable intensification practices. The importance of this system is to grow the trees in hedge rows or as dispersed trees so that leaves can be utilized in a “chop and drop” fashion with limited labour needed for transporting the biomass from one plot to the other. The spatial arrangement also aims at keeping the competition as low as possible while reaping the benefits of the agro-forestry species. Maize-Gliricidia hedgerow and Maize-Gliricidia disbursed shading are the two main systems. In the first one, maize legume rotations are planted at normal plant population, in addition, hedgerows of Gliricidia trees are planted in rows spaced 5 m apart with an in-row spacing of 1 m. In the second, the disbursed shading system aims at developing larger Gliricidia trees that provide shade, less competition and in addition some green leaves that can be applied to the soil after pruning every year. One tree is usually planted every 10 m in rows 5 m apart. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1254022025-11-06T13:02:00Z Gliricidia intercropping in maize farming: IPSR Innovation Profile Thierfelder, Christian L. intercropping technology innovation maize forage gliricidia sepium crops livestock feed environmental management sustainable intensification The sustainable intensification initiatives of Southern Africa use Gliricidia sepium, a leguminous tree species which is well adapted to the environment for their sustainable intensification practices. The importance of this system is to grow the trees in hedge rows or as dispersed trees so that leaves can be utilized in a “chop and drop” fashion with limited labour needed for transporting the biomass from one plot to the other. The spatial arrangement also aims at keeping the competition as low as possible while reaping the benefits of the agro-forestry species. Maize-Gliricidia hedgerow and Maize-Gliricidia disbursed shading are the two main systems. In the first one, maize legume rotations are planted at normal plant population, in addition, hedgerows of Gliricidia trees are planted in rows spaced 5 m apart with an in-row spacing of 1 m. In the second, the disbursed shading system aims at developing larger Gliricidia trees that provide shade, less competition and in addition some green leaves that can be applied to the soil after pruning every year. One tree is usually planted every 10 m in rows 5 m apart. 2022-10-26 2022-11-10T09:31:31Z 2022-11-10T09:31:31Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125402 en https://www.cgiar.org/research/publication/sustainable-intensification-practices-for-smallholder-farmers-in-zambia-a-farmers-manual/ https://repository.cimmyt.org/xmlui/handle/10883/21741 https://bit.ly/3Smi1XU https://bit.ly/3qWYf9B https://bit.ly/3r1agLw https://bit.ly/3LxUSj9 https://bit.ly/3duet7m https://bit.ly/3QY9lG8 https://bit.ly/3dDzkF1 https://bit.ly/3duf5tH https://bit.ly/3qZn0C5 Open Access application/pdf CGIAR System Organization Thierfelder, C. 2022. Gliricidia intercropping in maize farming: IPSR Innovation Profile. First edition, December 2022. Montpellier: CGIAR System Organization. |
| spellingShingle | intercropping technology innovation maize forage gliricidia sepium crops livestock feed environmental management sustainable intensification Thierfelder, Christian L. Gliricidia intercropping in maize farming: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title | Gliricidia intercropping in maize farming: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_full | Gliricidia intercropping in maize farming: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_fullStr | Gliricidia intercropping in maize farming: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gliricidia intercropping in maize farming: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_short | Gliricidia intercropping in maize farming: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_sort | gliricidia intercropping in maize farming ipsr innovation profile |
| topic | intercropping technology innovation maize forage gliricidia sepium crops livestock feed environmental management sustainable intensification |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125402 |
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