Öborn, Ingrid
- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Abstract
Understanding crop performance and productivity in relation to intercropped tree species, tree management and prevailing environmental conditions may assist farmers in managing agroforestry systems appropriately. Our study evaluated the management and spatial effect of six dominant tree species (Eucalyptus spp., Sesbania sesban, Grevillea robusta, Calliandra calothyrsus, Markhamia lutea and Croton macrostachyus) on water availability and crop performance in smallholders' maize fields in Rift valley, Kenya. Maize performance under C. macrostachyus and M. lutea was also evaluated at on-station experiment in the same area. The smallholder farmers in the study area remain important maize producers in Kenya with an average maize yield of 6.5tonsha(-1) recorded. Maize yield under the dominant tree species in studied smallholder farms showed significant differences (P
Keywords
Agroforestry systems; Smallholder farms; Crop performance; Pruning; Soil water availability
Published in
Agroforestry Systems
2019, volume: 93, number: 2, pages: 715-730
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Forest Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-017-0169-3
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/98501