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Evaluation and Presentation of Intercropping Advantages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

R. W. Willey
R. W. Willey
Affiliation:
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru PO, AP 502 324, India†
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Summary

It is proposed that two distinct objectives should be recognized in the evaluation of intercropping advantages: (i) a biological objective to determine the increased biological efficiency of intercropping and (ii) a practical objective to determine the advantages that are likely to be obtained by a farmer. The sole crop systems with which intercropping must be compared to satisfy these objectives are defined. Evaluation in relative, absolute, monetary and nutritional units is discussed and some aspects of presenting intercropping data in graphical form are illustrated.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 1985 , pp. 119 - 133
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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