Grow row by row
Farmers in northern Nigeria are changing the way they intercrop their sorghum and millet with cowpea. By planting both crops at higher densities and in separate rows, and by applying some organic fertilizer, they harvest more and reduce damage by the parasitic weed striga. It is one of the strategies of integrated striga and soil fertility management.
Author: Access Agriculture
Other authors: Agro-Insight, CBARDP, ICRISAT, KNARDA
Organization: Access Agriculture
Year: 2016
Country/ies: Nigeria
Geographical coverage: Africa
Type: Video
Full text available at: https://www.accessagriculture.org/grow-row-row
Content language: English