Sedentary Yam-Based Cropping Systems in West Africa: Benefits of the Use of Herbaceous Cover-Crop Legumes and Rotation—Lessons and Challenges
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems ISSN: 2168-3565 (Print) 2168-3573 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wjsa21 Sedentary yam-based cropping systems in West Africa: Benefits of the use of herbaceous cover-crop legumes and rotation—lessons and challenges Raphiou Maliki, Brice Sinsin, Anne Floquet, Denis Cornet & Jacques Lançon To cite this article: Raphiou Maliki, Brice Sinsin, Anne Floquet, Denis Cornet & Jacques Lançon (2017) Sedentary yam-based cropping systems in West Africa: Benefits of the use of herbaceous cover-crop legumes and rotation—lessons and challenges, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 41:5, 450-486, DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2017.1279252 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2017.1279252 Accepted author version posted online: 17 Jan 2017. Published online: 17 Jan 2017. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 172 View related articles View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=wjsa21 Download by: [Anne Floquet] Date: 10 May 2017, At: 08:51 AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS 2017, VOL. 41, NO. 5, 450–486 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2017.1279252 Sedentary yam-based cropping systems in West Africa: Benefits of the use of herbaceous cover-crop legumes and rotation—lessons and challenges Raphiou Malikia,b, Brice Sinsinc, Anne Floquetd, Denis Cornete, and Jacques Lançone aINRAB, Research-Development, Cotonou, Benin; bINRAB, Research-Development, Savè, Benin; cFSA/ UAC, Applied Ecology, Cotonou, Benin; dCEBEDES, Cotonou, Benin; eCIRAD, Montpellier, France ABSTRACT KEYWORDS New farming technologies such as improved fallow of herbac- Adoption; contingent eous legumes have been developed over the last 20 years as ranking matrix; economic alternatives to traditional yam cropping systems in areas where intensification; herbaceous shifting cultivation is no more possible.
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