Cereal+ legume intercropping: An option for improving productivity and sustaining soil health

J Layek, A Das, T Mitran, C Nath, RS Meena… - Legumes for soil health …, 2018 - Springer
Intercropping is the system of simultaneously growing two or more crops on the same land
area with a definite row arrangement. However, it is very much important to ensure that …

Intercropping pattern and n fertilizer schedule affect the performance of additively intercropped maize and forage cowpea in the Mediterranean region

HSA Salama, AI Nawar, HE Khalil - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Intercropping maize and forage cowpea is a widely proposed strategy to improve land use
efficiency, and maximize the economic value of the farming system, especially in developing …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of cowpea (Vigna sinensis L.) with maize (Zea mays L.) intercropping on yield and its components

WAH Alla, EM Shalaby, RA Dawood… - International Journal of …, 2015 - researchgate.net
A field experiment was carried out at Arab El-Awammer Research Station, Agric. Res.
Center. Assiut Governorate during summer seasons of 2013 and 2014. The present study …

[HTML][HTML] Education, financial aid, and awareness can reduce smallholder farmers' vulnerability to drought under climate change

MLK Wens, AF Van Loon… - Natural Hazards and …, 2022 - nhess.copernicus.org
Analyses of future agricultural drought impacts require a multidisciplinary approach in which
both human and environmental dynamics are studied. In this study, we used the socio …

Soybean–cereal intercropping systems as influenced by nitrogen nutrition

J Layek, BG Shivakumar, DS Rana, S Munda… - Agronomy …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Little is known how to optimize N supply of cereal components in an intercropping system
that considers biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) from soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. A 2 …

[PDF][PDF] Determination of land productivity under maize-cowpea intercropping system in agro-ecological zone of mount Uluguru in Morogoro, Tanzania.

BT Nyasasi, E Kisetu - 2014 - researchgate.net
The present study assessed the response of maize (Zea mays L.) and cowpea (Vigna
unguiculata L. Walp) under sole and intercropping systems. It also determined potential of …

[PDF][PDF] Legume-based cropping for sustainable production, economic benefit and reducing climate change impacts in southern Ethiopia

T Workayehu - Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research, 2014 - academia.edu
Bean-maize (Phaseolus vulgaris L-Zea mays) intercrop is a common practice in southern
Ethiopia. However, its effect on weed, productivity, and economic benefit has not been …

On-farm experimentation on conservation agriculture in maize-legume based cropping systems in Kenya: water use efficiency and economic impacts

AN Micheni, F Kanampiu, O Kitonyo… - Experimental …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Conservation agriculture (CA) is a promising technology for controlling soil degradation,
mitigating drought, increasing crop yield and reducing production costs. We hypothesized …

Dependence of the productivity of maize and soybean intercropping systems on hybrid type and plant arrangement pattern

Ž Dolijanović, S Oljača, D Kovačević, M Simić… - Genetika, 2013 - aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs
Intercropping systems could improve utilization of the most important resources (soil, water
and nutrients), provide a better control of weeds, pests and diseases, and finally higher …

Effect of mycorrhiza fungi, preceding crops, mineral and bio fertilizers on maize intercropping with cowpea

AAM Zen El-Dein, MHM Koriem, MS Alsubeie… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
One filed experiment was carried out to study the effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza fungi and
three preceding winter crops, ie, Meskawy cultivar of Egyptian clover berseem (Trifolium …