Agroforestry potential of Dacryodes edulisin the oil palm-cassava belt of southeastern Nigeria

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dc.creatorAiyelaagbe, I.O.O
dc.creatorAdeola, A.O
dc.creatorPopoola, L.
dc.creatorObisesan, K.O.
dc.date2019-10-29T05:35:44Z
dc.date2019-10-29T05:35:44Z
dc.date1998-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T08:35:15Z
dc.date.available2022-10-20T08:35:15Z
dc.descriptionBetween June 1993 and June 1994, 112 farmers in the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis)-cassava (Manihot esclentus) belt of southeastern Nigeria were interviewed to determine the status and agroforestry potential of Dacryodes edulis. Between 50% and 100% of respondents in different states within the belt owned D. edulis trees. On average, a farmer owned 9.3 trees, the largest number being 16, by farmers in Imo State. Twenty percent of farmers in the system rated D. edulis their best farm tree. It was present in all the farm niches: homegardens (51.4%), tree crop plots (20.7%) food crop plots (11.4%), secondary forest/fallow (14.2%) and virgin forest (2.5%). The tree is planted primarily for home consumption and sale to generate cash. At the current densities, on-farm D. edulis trees generally did not decrease yield of companion crops or trees. Except for ring weeding around the stem, D. edulis trees received
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dc.identifierhttp://dspace.cbe.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/412
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/79567
dc.languageen
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers
dc.relationVolume: 40;Issue No: 3
dc.titleAgroforestry potential of Dacryodes edulisin the oil palm-cassava belt of southeastern Nigeria
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