Intercropping maize with planted fallows on smallholder farms in Ghana

Abstract

Sowing maize in planted fallows of the forage legumes Centrosema, Macroptillium and Stylosanthes increased total maize yield by over fourfold, and a partial budget analysis indicated that the use of the legumes would increase farmers' monetary returns by over fivefold. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd