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Subject listing for: Alley Cropping, Hedgerows |
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This article discusses agroforestry and includes definitions of the major types of agroforestry practices, a section on business concens, and references for further information.
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This alley cropping information page developed at Cornell University (USA) addresses management of the system, hedgerow species, species selection criteria, soil organic matter and nutrients, tree-crop competition, and more.
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This article describes a trial of Leucaena leucocephala on a research station in Ibadan, Nigeria. Leucaena was cropped with a number of different vegetables which were fertilised with prunings. Nutrient levels were measured. The homepage for this site is also available in Russian.
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This is a report of an alley cropping study in Nigeria. The study showed that various vegetable crops can be successfully alley cropped with leucaena.
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This article gives an overview of alley cropping in the tropics. It includes an interview with Dr. P. K. Nair about an ICRAF report saying alley cropping has been too widely promoted in areas where it is not suitable. Free user ID necessary to access site.
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This is a paper synthesising the alley cropping research conducted by the ex-ILCA (now ILRI) Humid Zone Programme based at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Nigeria from 1978 through 1993.
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This report describes the purpose of AFNETA, the work it has done, and barriers they have found to adoption of alley farming.
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This information page from the US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service defines conservation buffers, discusses their benefits, and links to more information and relevant organizations.
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This site is the abstract of a doctoral dissertation on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in erythrina poeppigiana trees managed by pruning. It includes photos and links to abstracts of related publications (some English, some Spanish).
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This site shows a photo of a test plot of an intercropping project in Uganda, and includes links to more information on the project.
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This site contains a report on the adoption, dis-adoption, and non-adoption of contour hedgerows among farmers in the Philippines and some reasons for farmer choices.
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Core4 is a US-based approach to improved farm profitability and environmental conservation. The site contains information on conservation tillage, crop nutrient management, weed and pest management, conservation buffers, a catalog, links, and more.
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In pdf format, this paper on alley cropping with long-term tree crops and agricultural crops is part of the proceedings of Wind Erosion: An International Symposium/Workshop held at Kansas State University (USA) in 1997.
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This site contains an article from a FACT Sheet on multipurpose trees that discusses potential uses of tree species Erythrina poeppigiana, including shade for coffee and cacao, living fence posts,: forage, and fuel wood. Also mentioned is its potential as an alley cropping species.
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En Visayas oriental los agricultores prefieren utilizar la técnica de cultivo que se adopta en las tierras agrícolas en declive y los sistemas de cultivo en hileras, que se consideran métodos adecuados para la agrosilvicultura.
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Dans les Visayas orientales, les agriculteurs ont opté pour la technique des cultures sur pentes et les programmes de cultures en bandes comme programmes agroforestiers appropriés. La préférence des agriculteurs pour cette technique et les cultures en bandes s'explique par la possibilité d'obtenir un meilleur revenu en espèces grâce aux programmes agroforestiers et par le fait que ces cultures donnent de bons rendements.
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This publication of the Agroforestry Information Service discusses windbreaks, why they are useful, and their design, management, limitations, and alternatives.
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This site contains a thorough scientific description of alley cropping's problems and potentials in the humid and sub-humid tropics.
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This article discusses slopeland management and fruit production in the Philippines. It names soil conservation and food production as important factors in effective slopeland management.
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This fact sheet talks about alley cropping as an alternative to long fallows, gives useful tree species for alley cropping, information on spatial arrangements and management.
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An analysis to determine whether inclusion of animals in alley cropping systems increases system productivity and sustainability.
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This site contains a report on a study in Nigeria by ILRI to determine the comparative effectiveness of systems with and without livestock.
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Breve artículo de investigación publicado en la Revista Agroforestería en las Américas (Vol.7 No. 28 2000). Por medio de métodos participativos fueron probadas 21 diferentes leguminosas por sus servicios para mejorar el suelo, controlar las malezas y producir algún producto comestible.
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Developed in 1999 at Cornell University (USA), this information page provides an overview of living fences and their uses with examples from Africa.
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This is an article in The Overstory, agroforester.com's online journal. It describes different types of live fences and provides links to more information on the subject.
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This University of Minnesota (USA) extension article describes living snow fences and their uses. It also gives basic information on how to build one. A copy of the article can be purchased online.
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This site provides a description of an alley cropping project with sites in Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
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This case study, which is under review discusses how and why farmers are adopting alley farming in West/Central Africa. Constraints are noted to include technical and land tenure issues. The article claims wide acceptance of alley cropping.
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This site is a 19 page paper prepared for IITA that looks at adoption levels of alley farming among farmers in Benin, Cameroon, and Nigeria. The paper also looks at the socioeconomic factors effecting adaption rates, and effects of policy shifts on the profitability of alley farming and other agroforestry technologies.
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This site contains the thesis abstract on a study of scientific and economic aspects of adoption of an alley cropping system. The parent page of this article is available in English and Thai.
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This is an excerpt from a discussion where a researcher at Auburn Univerity responds to ideas about adoption, manure use practices, and alley cropping. Practices in Rwanda and Burundi.
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This site contains an article which discusses the SALT project.
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This is an article about a farming system called SALT-2 that grazes livestock on sloping land with forage (usually leguminous shrubs) crops planted in contour hedgerows and on the boundary of the farm. Between the hedgerows, cash crops are grown.
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Published by the World Agroforestry Centre in 2000 this on-line slideshow contains 27 slides on tree-soil-crop interactions using alley cropping systems as an example. It accompanies a Lecture Note of the same title also available through this database.
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This article discusses examples of sustainable slopeland farming in Indonesia, including the application of rock phosphate, planting fast-growing leguminous cover crops, and the use of bench terraces, ridges, and alley cropping systems.
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This is an article on upland farming systems in the Philippines based on nutrient recycling and soil conservation. Some systems are traditional practices developed by Philippine farmers, and others have been introduced by development programs.
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This FAO Soils Bulletin resulted from a 1991 training course on tillage and residue management in Africa. Its 10 on-line chapters cover erosion control, soil moisture conservation, agroforestry and alley farming, runoff, and conservation tillage.
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This is an article on alley cropping (including potential for nitrogen fixation, and terrace formation) as part of an article on conserving steeplands. The article includes extensive references and information on soil conservation measures.
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This article gives step by step instructions for setting up a SALT system.
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This on-line 1992 manual contains information on alley farming and agroforestry systems in Africa, a section on soil classification and characterization, and another on nitrogen fixation.
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This paper from The Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation in Canada reports on the result of a study carried out in 1997 to asses whether having shelterbelts affected the cropping and tillage choices made by producers in four Rural Municipalities in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada.
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This 17 page Lecture Note (pdf format), published by the World Agroforestry Centre in 2000, outlines tree-soil-crop interactions using a simultaneous agroforestry system as an example. It accompanies a slide show with the same title, also available through this database.
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This is a report of a funded project whose research focuses primarily on the ability of the alley cropping technique to provide sufficient nutrients to tree crops, as well as the economic feasibility of the practice for orchards.
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This site contains the summary of a paper evaluating agroforestry schemes in Eastern Visayas, Philippines submitted to the World Forestry congress XI volume 1, topic 2.
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