Alley cropping is a system where arable crops are grown in the interspaces (alleys) between rows of planted trees or woody shrubs which are pruned regularly to prevent shading and to provide manure and mulch to the crop. Alley cropping spacing trials were designed at Mtwapa Agroforestry/Energy Centre to establish trends in crop and tree performance under various planting arrangements and densities. Also giving of information on which tree species, which spacings of the trees, and which management practices to use to give maximum economic benefits. The results show that alley cropping with leucaena leads to reduced nutrient loss and is a soil conservation measure
Publication year
1988
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
alley cropping, soil conservation, soil fertility, water conservation, leucaena leucocephala
Geographic
Kenya
