Hedgerows/alley cropping to control soil erosion
Jamaican small farmers implement hedgerow/alley cropping to mitigate the impacts of hydro-meteorological hazards. The hedgerows/alley cropping system is the growing of crops, usually food crops, in an alley formed by trees or woody shrubs that are cut back at crop planting and maintained as hedgerows by frequent trimming during cropping (Wilson and Kang 1981). Farmers in Jamaica showed high acceptance of this technology because it is easy to implement, has a low financial cost and is effective to compact soil erosion.
Autor: FAO Strategic Objective 5 – Resilience, in FAO
Organización: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Año: 2020
País(es): Jamaica
Cobertura geográfica: América Latina y el Caribe
Tipo: Prácticas
Texto completo disponible en: https://teca.apps.fao.org/en/technologies/4645/
Idioma utilizado para los contenidos: English