Assessing intensification options of common bean cultivation to improve food security on smallholder farms in the Northern Highlands of Tanzania
Eliakira Nassary
Abstract:Complementarities of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) with non-legume food crops and their significances to the agricultural systems are underexploited. Based on the description of this study, eight options were assessed for the sustainable intensification of common bean cultivation (through manipulations of intercropping and rotation) against the monocultures of maize (Zea mays L.), and the improved and local varieties of common bean in the northern highlands of Tanzania. The factors assessed were the crop… Show more
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