Alleu cropping sequentially cropped maize and cowpea with Leucaena on a sandy soil in Southern Nigeria

Calliandra calothyrsus (Meissn.) in an a

Calliandra calothyrsus (Meissn.) in an alley cropping system with sequentially cropped maize and cowpea in southwestern Nigeria

✍ M. P. Gichuru; B. T. Kang 📂 Article 📅 1989 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 556 KB

Alley cropping is increasingly becoming accepted as an appropriate technology with the potential to provide stable and sustainable food production in the tropics. However, only a few of the potential trees/shrubs have been tested. The performance of Calliandra calothyrsus (Meissn) as an alley croppi