Cacao-coconut intercropping in Ghana: Agronomic and economic perspectives

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Osei Bonsu, K ^a   Opoku Ameyaw, K ^a   Amoah, F M ^a   Oppong, F K ^a  

^a New Tafo Akim   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Competition; Gliricidia sepium; Profitability; Spatial arrangement; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; INTERCROPPING; PROFITABILITY; SHADING;

GHANA;

COCOS NUCIFERA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0036037882     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020271608483     Document Type: Article

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