Alley Cropping
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20-07-2008 Thisagroforestry technique has been widely promoted in agriculture development programs throughout the tropics. Alley cropping (AC) is the practice of growing food crops in alleys between hedgerows of trees or shrubs, which are regularly coppiced (severely pruned). Prunings are placed on the soil...
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20-01-2004 When selecting a hedgerow species for alley cropping, keep in mind that leaves should readily decompose when applied to the soil.
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01-07-2004 Alley cropping was not intended to be a way to increase yields/acre. The purpose was to shorten or eliminate fallow periods.
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01-10-2024 This agroforestry system uses Inga spp., nitrogen-fixing trees, to regenerate the steepest and most degraded land. This system sequesters and avoids emitting tons of carbon while transforming the lives of subsistence farming families. The project, now in year thirteen, is working at the...
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19-06-1995 Alley cropping is an agroforestry technique which has been widely promoted in agriculture development programs throughout the tropics. Many studies report increased harvests in alley crops versus control plots without trees. A recent report from the International Centre for Research in...
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Inga alley cropping is a new, smart way of farming which brings more and healthier food crops while reducing the amount of work and money spent on a farm.
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