Discusses the Development of alley cropping and alley farming, uses of trees and shrubs in fallow systems, hedgegrow establishment and management and benefits for crop production and livestock. Examines the economic aspects and social acceptability of alley farming.
The potential of alley cropping maize and cowpea with the giant Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala (Lam) de Wit) cultivar K-28 was studied on an Entisol (Psammentic Ustorthent) in Southern Nigeria. In this trial the crops were grown in 4 m wide alleys formed by periodically pruned leucaena hedgerows...
Kang, B.T.
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Grimme, H.
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Lawson, T.L.
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[Alley cropping sequentially cropped maize and cowpea with Leucaena on a sandy soil in southern Nigeria]
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Alley cropping sequentially cropped maize and cowpea with Leucaena on a sandy soil in southern Nigeria
Evaluation of soil aggregate stability under managed fallow systems is very relevant in the assessment of their agricultural sustainability. It is also important to identify the parameters that are most responsive to the effects of these fallow systems on aggregate stability. This study was carri...
Salako, F.K.
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Babalola, O.
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Hauser, S.
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Kang, B.T.
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[Soil macroaggregate stability under different fallow management systems and cropping intensities in southwestern Nigeria]
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Soil macroaggregate stability under different fallow management systems and cropping intensities in southwestern Nigeria
Pot experiments were carried out to assess the nutrient availability of earthworm casts (wormcasts) of Hyperiodrilus africanus that were collected from plots of Dactyladenia barteri, Leucaena leucocephala and Treculia africana grown on an Alfisol (Oxic paleustalf) as affected by drying and grindi...
Kang, B.T.
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Ojo, A.
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[Nutrient availability of earthworm casts collected from under selected woody agroforestry species]
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Nutrient availability of earthworm casts collected from under selected woody agroforestry species
Effects of hedgerow species on surface soil physical properties were studied in an on-going trial established since 1981 on an Oxic Paleustalf in southwestern Nigeria. The experimental treatments were Leucaena leucocephala, Gliricidia sepium, Alchornea cordifolia and Acioa barterii hedgerows plan...
Hulugalle, N.R.
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Kang, B.T.
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[Effect of hedgerow species in alley cropping systems on surface soil physical properties of an Oxic Paleustalf in southwestern Nigeria]
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Effect of hedgerow species in alley cropping systems on surface soil physical properties of an Oxic Paleustalf in southwestern Nigeria
Alley farming involves the cultivation of food crops among hedgerows of multipurpose trees. Use of woody legumes provides N-rich mulch and green manure to maintain soil fertility and enhance crop production, and protein-rich fodder for livestock. The success of alley farming depends on a number o...
The widespread adoption of alley farming – an important farming and land-use system – could reduce the threat to the word’s remaining tropical forests and transform the prospects for sustainable agriculture in the fragile lowland tropics. This concise, practical booklet covers the development of ...
A simplified Shaw's wet‐combustion technique for carbon (C) determination in plant materials is described which requires less reagent and operation time. The simplified technique gave high recovery (99.4%) of the C in analytical pure grade sucrose and citric acid, and high reproducibility of C me...
Tian, G.
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Kang, B.T.
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[A simplified Shaw's wet-combustion technique for determination of carbon in plant materials]
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A simplified Shaw's wet-combustion technique for determination of carbon in plant materials
Results of three consecutive croppings to study the potassium and magnesium responses of two improved cassava cultivars TMS 30395 and 30211 grown on an acid, sandy loam, Ultisol (Typic paleudult) in southern Nigeria is reported. On land newly cleared from Eupatorium fallow a significant potassium...
Kang, B.T.
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[Potassium and magnesium response of cassava grown in an Ultisol in southern Nigeria]
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Potassium and magnesium response of cassava grown in an Ultisol in southern Nigeria