Thursday, December 12, 2013

December 05, 2013 at 04:32PM Rubber: intercropping with coffee or cocoa is more profitable than monocropping

Intercropping several tree crops is not only possible, but profitable. This was recently demonstrated by researchers from CIRAD and their partners in Ivory Coast who spent 17 years monitoring a trial in which rubber ― a crop grown in the open that can reach a height of more than 25 metres ― and other cash crops suited to shade, such as coffee and cocoa.






via CIRAD - Actualités / News http://www.cirad.fr/news/all-news-items/articles/2013/science/rubber-intercropping-with-coffee-or-cocoa-is-more-profitable-than-monocropping

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