The potential of alley cropping in improvement of cultivation systems in the high rainfall areas of Zambia I.ChitemeneandFundikila

摘要

Three trials investigating the potential of alley cropping to improve the traditional systems of cultivation,chitemeneandfundikila, in the Northern Province of Zambia are described.Flemingia congesta, Tephrosia vogelii, andSesbania sesban, were grown in association with finger millet, groundnut, cowpea, and maize in various traditional cropping sequences. The indigenous speciesTephrosia vogeliiandSesbania sesbanwere not able to withstand repeated pruning and the long following dry season, and were replaced withCalliandra calothyrsus, andCassia spectabilis.