Efficacy of oil palm intercropping by smallholders. Case study in South-West Cameroon

Nchanji, Yvonne Kiki; Nkongho, Raymond N.; Mala, William Armand; Levang, Patrice

doi:10.1007/s10457-015-9873-z

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“…I propose that intercropping may do little harm as long as palm fronds are not removed or shortened, and manure or fertilisers are applied to meet the additional nutrient demands of the intercrop. Intercropping can reduce weeding costs, as observed by Nchanji et al (2016) in smallholder plantations in Cameroon. During my field visits I have seen many immature plantations that were completely overgrown with weeds, and this is likely to have a negative impact on palm growth (Samedani et al, 2014).…”

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On yield gaps and better management practices in Indonesian smallholder oil palm plantations

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On yield gaps and better management practices in Indonesian smallholder oil palm plantations

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“…Intercropping is asserted to be one of the most momentous cropping techniques in sustainable agriculture; to its employment a number of environmental advantages, starting with diversification of the outcome of agriculture to promoting land biodiversity. Nchanji et al (2016) opined that this model-intercropping integrates low, medium, and tall plants, as well as plants of short, medium, and long-life cycles, including trees. Hutagalung (1995) investigated the intercropping of red pepper, tomato, cabbage and yard-long bean in mango orchard reported that tomato gave high return from intercropping followed by pepper.…”

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Physiological responses of two accessions of tomato to three distance regimes in juvenile oil palm-tomato intercrop in rainforest zone of nigeria

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This study was conducted during the rainy season of 2017 within the alleys of juvenile oil palms that were 2-year-old at the oil palm plantation located in Ala, Akure-North Local Government, Ondo State. Tomato accessions (NGB 01665 and NG/AA/SEP/09/053) were intercropped at 1, 2 and 3 m from the juvenile oil palm within the alley in a randomized complete block design. The results showed that tomato (NGB 01665 and NG/AA/SEP/09/053) planted at 3 m from the juvenile oil palm performed better than those at other planting distances in terms of growth and yield attributes with number of fruit; fruit weight and yield per hectare of 39.50, 2265.8 g and 3.74 ton/ha respectively. However, the control (sole) recorded the best yield but was not significantly different from those planted at 3 m from the juvenile oil palm. Varietal advantage was recorded by tomato (NGB 01665) with higher number of fruits, fruit weight and yield per hectare (26.94, 1834 g and 3.158 ton/ha) respectively. Intercropping advantage was not recorded for any of the intercropping distance regimes during the trial (when the juvenile oil palms were 2-year-old), with LER values less than unity.

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“…Weed control through farming system practice of planting food crops has been found to suppress weed [16] [17] [18]. Intercropping had been reported to increase crop diversity, biological stability of the ecosystem and labour efficiency [19].…”

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Evaluation of Weed Incidence and Biomass in Coffee Intercropped with Oil Palm in Avenue and Hollow Square Arrangement in Nigeria

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Weed incidence and biomass in tree crop plantations are mainly influenced by environmental, farm management practices and cropping systems. Manipulation of intercropping systems to improve weed management in coffee intercropped with oil palm requires a better understanding of spatial and temporal dynamics of weeds. To evaluate the effect of weed incidence and biomass in coffee intercropped with oil palm in avenue and hollow square arrangement, a study was carried out in Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) in two locations. The locations are Idi-Ayunre (7˚25'N, 3˚24'E) (an alfisol) and Uhonmora (6˚5'N, 5˚50'E) (ultisol) in rainforest and derived savannah parts of Nigeria respectively. The experiment had three treatments comprising coffee sole (control), coffee with oil palm (Hollow square) arrangement and coffee with oil palm (Avenue) planting. Coffee was planted 3.0 m apart while oil palm was planted 9 m apart. Equal size of land area was used for coffee in each treatment. The experimental design was Randomized Complete Block (RCBD) with three replicates. Data on vegetative growth of coffee, weed incidence and biomass were taken at three-monthly intervals. The result showed that coffee/oil palm (Hollow Square) had the least weed incidence and biomass closely followed by coffee/oil palm (Avenue) planting. The control had the highest weed biomass which was significantly different from Hollow square and Avenue planting at P ≤ 0.05. The morphological parameters on coffee followed the same pattern but Hollow square arrangement was significantly higher than Avenue and control at P ≤ 0.05.

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Efficacy of oil palm intercropping by smallholders. Case study in South-West Cameroon

Cited by 36 publications

References 9 publications

On yield gaps and better management practices in Indonesian smallholder oil palm plantations

On yield gaps and better management practices in Indonesian smallholder oil palm plantations

Physiological responses of two accessions of tomato to three distance regimes in juvenile oil palm-tomato intercrop in rainforest zone of nigeria

Evaluation of Weed Incidence and Biomass in Coffee Intercropped with Oil Palm in Avenue and Hollow Square Arrangement in Nigeria

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