Intercropping with cassava in Africa
In Africa, cassava-growing areas are located from Senegal in the west, through Nigeria and Zaire, east to Malagasy and from 15°N-15°S latitude, according to de Viliers (1965). Optimum production requires an annual rainfall of 1000-2000 mm; average annual temperatures of 25-29 °C; daylengths not grea...
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1978
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| author | Ezeilo, W.N. |
| author_browse | Ezeilo, W.N. |
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| description | In Africa, cassava-growing areas are located
from Senegal in the west, through Nigeria and Zaire,
east to Malagasy and from 15°N-15°S latitude,
according to de Viliers (1965). Optimum production
requires an annual rainfall of 1000-2000 mm; average annual temperatures of 25-29 °C; daylengths
not greater than 15 hours; altitudes less than 2000
m above sea level; and freely draining sandy loam
soils dominated by oxisols, ultisols, and alfisols.
The diversity of cassava cropping systems in the
lowland humid tropics is based on high population
densities, personal tastes, economic and political
factors, and the overall level of technological development and resource availability. |
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| publishDate | 1978 |
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| spelling | CGSpace1754232025-07-02T01:03:47Z Intercropping with cassava in Africa Ezeilo, W.N. cassava farmers farming cropping systems crops africa In Africa, cassava-growing areas are located from Senegal in the west, through Nigeria and Zaire, east to Malagasy and from 15°N-15°S latitude, according to de Viliers (1965). Optimum production requires an annual rainfall of 1000-2000 mm; average annual temperatures of 25-29 °C; daylengths not greater than 15 hours; altitudes less than 2000 m above sea level; and freely draining sandy loam soils dominated by oxisols, ultisols, and alfisols. The diversity of cassava cropping systems in the lowland humid tropics is based on high population densities, personal tastes, economic and political factors, and the overall level of technological development and resource availability. 1978 2025-07-01T12:40:29Z 2025-07-01T12:40:29Z Conference Proceedings https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175423 Limited Access application/pdf International Development Research Centre Ezeilo, W.N.O. (1978). Intercropping with cassava in Africa. In Intercropping with cassava: proceedings of an international workshop held at Trivandrium, India, November 27 to December 1, 1978. IDRC, Ottawa, Canada. (p. 49-56). |
| spellingShingle | cassava farmers farming cropping systems crops africa Ezeilo, W.N. Intercropping with cassava in Africa |
| title | Intercropping with cassava in Africa |
| title_full | Intercropping with cassava in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Intercropping with cassava in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intercropping with cassava in Africa |
| title_short | Intercropping with cassava in Africa |
| title_sort | intercropping with cassava in africa |
| topic | cassava farmers farming cropping systems crops africa |
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