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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Plant Production, Gardening
  2. crop management
  3. cropping systems
  4. multiple cropping
  5. intercropping
  6. alley cropping
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. crop management
  3. cropping systems
  4. multiple cropping
  5. intercropping
  6. alley cropping
  1. Farms, Agricultural Production Systems
  2. crop management
  3. cropping systems
  4. multiple cropping
  5. intercropping
  6. alley cropping
  1. Fields of Study
  2. forestry
  3. agroforestry
  4. alley cropping
  1. Forestry, Wildland Management
  2. forestry
  3. agroforestry
  4. alley cropping
  1. Farms, Agricultural Production Systems
  2. farming systems
  3. agroforestry
  4. alley cropping

Preferred term

alley cropping

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A cropping system that involves growing crops in a wide strip, typically 6 meters in width, between lines of closely planted, fast-growing trees or shrubs. These woody species are usually leguminous and are pruned frequently to provide a mulching material and nutrients to the crop in the alley.

    Source: Eduardo Somarriba, CATIE

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

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Synonyms

  • hedgerow intercropping

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5585

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