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Agri-silviculture in Nigeria: food crops and soil fertility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

S. O. Ojeniyi  and
O. O. Agbede
S. O. Ojeniyi
Affiliation:
Soil and Chemistry Division, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria
O. O. Agbede
Affiliation:
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Agri-silviculture is the simultaneous husbandry of forest tree crops and food crops. In the first 1–3 years of forest crops such as teak, pine and Gmelina arborea, they are interplanted with food crops such as yam, maize and cassava in plantation. In humid countries such as Nigeria and Burma agrisilviculture evolved out of the needs to boost food production and satisfy labourers who work on afforestation programmes.

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Short Note
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , December 1980 , pp. 725 - 727
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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