Mixed Cropping in Northern Nigeria II. Cereals and Cotton
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Experimental Agriculture
- Vol. 15 (1) , 33-40
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0014479700009170
Abstract
SUMMARY: Cotton is widely grown as a cash crop by subsistence farmers of Northern Nigeria, although it is invariably sown too late to produce yields that would allow economic use of insecticides to control insect pests. This late sowing is because subsistence farmers always emphasize the production of food crops, delaying sowing of cotton until these are established. Experiments are described in which cotton was sown early within the cereal, without affecting cereal yields yet producing significantly greater cash returns than sole cereal.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Selection of Intercrops for Cotton in IndiaExperimental Agriculture, 1969