Traditional maize/legume intercropping: IPSR Innovation Profile
Intercropping is traditionally practiced by land constrained smallholder farmers sometimes living in steep and/or uneven terrain. Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same area, at the same time. In general, intercropping is better suited to farmers with small landholdin...
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| author | Thierfelder, Christian L. |
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| description | Intercropping is traditionally practiced by land constrained smallholder farmers sometimes living in steep and/or uneven terrain. Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same area, at the same time. In general, intercropping is better suited to farmers with small landholdings whereas crop rotation is more suitable for farmers with larger landholding. However, there are other factors such as household needs and farm economics that determine choice of these two practices. The land equivalent ratio (LER) is often used to measure benefits of intercropping compared to planting a single crop (sole cropping). The LER is defined as the land required for production of the same yield in the sole crops compared with the intercrop. A LER greater than 1 indicates intercropping is advantageous to sole crops. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1255182025-11-06T13:01:57Z Traditional maize/legume intercropping: IPSR Innovation Profile Thierfelder, Christian L. maize legumes intercropping scaling up innovation smallholders crop rotation Intercropping is traditionally practiced by land constrained smallholder farmers sometimes living in steep and/or uneven terrain. Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same area, at the same time. In general, intercropping is better suited to farmers with small landholdings whereas crop rotation is more suitable for farmers with larger landholding. However, there are other factors such as household needs and farm economics that determine choice of these two practices. The land equivalent ratio (LER) is often used to measure benefits of intercropping compared to planting a single crop (sole cropping). The LER is defined as the land required for production of the same yield in the sole crops compared with the intercrop. A LER greater than 1 indicates intercropping is advantageous to sole crops. 2022-11-15 2022-11-18T08:31:06Z 2022-11-18T08:31:06Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125518 en https://repository.cimmyt.org/bitstream/handle/10883/21206/63240.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://repository.cimmyt.org/xmlui/handle/10883/21741 https://bit.ly/3MMFZtZ https://bit.ly/3TiRJ9J https://bit.ly/3eMqkhq https://bit.ly/3CP2NEy Open Access application/pdf Thierfelder, C. 2022. IPSR Innovation Profile: Traditional maize/legume intercropping: IPSR Innovation Profile. First edition, December 2022. Montpellier: CGIAR System Organization. |
| spellingShingle | maize legumes intercropping scaling up innovation smallholders crop rotation Thierfelder, Christian L. Traditional maize/legume intercropping: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title | Traditional maize/legume intercropping: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_full | Traditional maize/legume intercropping: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_fullStr | Traditional maize/legume intercropping: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_full_unstemmed | Traditional maize/legume intercropping: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_short | Traditional maize/legume intercropping: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_sort | traditional maize legume intercropping ipsr innovation profile |
| topic | maize legumes intercropping scaling up innovation smallholders crop rotation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125518 |
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