Agroforestry to stabilize soils
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | |
| cg.howPublished | Formally Published | |
| cg.identifier.url | http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jcta29e/ | |
| cg.issn | 1011-0054 | |
| cg.journal | Spore | |
| cg.number | 29 | |
| cg.place | Wageningen, The Netherlands | |
| dc.contributor.author | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-08T13:16:19Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2014-10-08T13:16:19Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45368 | |
| dc.title | Agroforestry to stabilize soils | en |
| dcterms.abstract | Long-term benefits in terms of erosion control, improved fertility and hydrological characteristics of soil, have been shown in agroforestry trials carried out by scientists at the Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, India. The experiments were... | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | CTA. 1990. Agroforestry to stabilize soils. Spore 29. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. | en |
| dcterms.description | Long-term benefits in terms of erosion control, improved fertility and hydrological characteristics of soil, have been shown in agroforestry trials carried out by scientists at the Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, India. The experiments were on sloping: laterite soils of south India using Eucalyptus tereticornis and Leucaena leucocephala together with cassava, groundnut, French beans and cowpeas. Each crop was grown in monoculture as well as in intercropped plots. Although the fast and aggressive growth of the tree crops tended to be at the expense of the yields of companion crops, the combined effect of canopy cover reduced run-off and soil loss. Overall, this meant that the improvement in soil cover and condition offset the effect of reduced yields. Central Tuber Crops Research Institute Indian Council for Agric. Research Trivandrum 695 017 Kerala, INDIA | en |
| dcterms.isPartOf | Spore | en |
| dcterms.issued | 1990 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.publisher | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | |
| dcterms.type | News Item |