Experimental Agriculture · 1978 · 25 citations · 3 references
AgricultureAgricultural EconomicsAgronomyCrop ProductionCropping SystemsRural EconomicsAgricultural Household EconomicsAgricultural Production SystemsCereal CropsCrop Production EconomicsFood CropsRural Food SystemsCash CroppingCereal-legume IntercroppingFarmer IncomeGroundnut ProductionMixed Cropping DesignMixed Cropping ProductivityMixed Cropping Systems
SUMMARY Experiments with farmers' traditional practice of growing cereals with groundnuts demonstrated that the system consistently produced greater cash returns than sole-crop groundnuts. Increasing the proportion of cereal, and incorporating maize in addition to sorghum and millet, increased cash returns even further.
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Daniel H. Janzen · Science · 1973 · 153 citations
Social Sciences, Agricultural Education, Agroecosystem Ecology +6