Alley cropping: potential for plantain and banana production

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dc.creatorWilson, G.F.
dc.creatorSwennen, R.
dc.date1989
dc.date2025-10-24T10:39:50Z
dc.date2025-10-24T10:39:50Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:55:17Z
dc.descriptionplantains and cooking bananas are important carbohydrate food sources in the humid tropics. They are traditionally grown in bush-fallow rotational systems, multistory cropping systems, or backyard gardens. Mulching is shown to be beneficial for plantains and bananas. Alley cropping with legwninous trees and shrubs is proposed as a source of mulch. Three concepts for managing plantains with woody legumes are being tested
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/177321
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/117484
dc.languageen
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceWilson, G.F., & Swennen, R. (1989). Alley cropping: potential for plantain and banana production. In Alley Farming in the Humid and Subhumid Tropics: Proceedings of an international workshop held at Ibadan, Nigeria, 10-14 March 1986, Ottawa, Canada. IDRC (P. 37-41).
dc.subjectmulching
dc.subjectplantains
dc.subjectbananas
dc.subjectalley cropping
dc.titleAlley cropping: potential for plantain and banana production
dc.typeConference Paper

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