Browsing College of Agriculture by Author "Shannon, Dennis A."

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Adoption and management of alley cropping in Haiti

Bayard, Budry; Jolly, Curtis M.; Shannon, Dennis A. (2019-10-01)

Haiti, a hilly densely populated country, has experienced soil erosion problems for decades. The major impact is a reduction of soil fertility leading to decreasing agricultural productivity. Agriculture, a major sector ...

Adoption of rock walls as a soil conservation structure in Haiti

Bayard, Budry; Jolly, Curtis M.; Shannon, Dennis A. (2019-10-01)

Land degradation has been identified as one of the most serious ecological, environmental, and economic problems facing the Haitian society today. One particular problem is soil erosion. Throughout the 19th century, ...

Long-term effects of soil conservation barriers on crop yield on a tropical steepland in Haiti

Shannon, Dennis A.; Isaac, Lionel; Bernard, Carine R.; Wood, C. Wesley (2019-05-03)

In this research, we wanted to know how alley cropping between tree barriers compared to the more traditional conservation barriers used in Haiti in terms of long-term crop yields. Our hypothesis was that alley cropping ...

Promising tree species as hedgerows for alley cropping in different environments in Haiti

Isaac, Lionel; Shannon, Dennis A.; Wood, C. Wesley; Bernard, Carine R. (2019-05-03)

Alley cropping is a system whereby annual crops are planted between rows of trees, which are pruned during the cropping season and the prunings applied as mulch or green manure. During periods where no crop is grown, the ...

Report 06. Evaluation of tree species adaptation for alley cropping in four environments in Haiti. A. Establishment phase

Shannon, Dennis A.; Isaac, Lionel (2019-09-04)

Thirty-five tree species were planted in hedgerows in four environments in Haiti: high elevation (1150 m); low elevation, humid on calcareous soil; low elevation, humid on basaltic soil; and low elevation, semi-arid, with ...

Report 15. Evaluation of tree species adaptation for alley cropping in four environments in Haiti. B. First year of pruning

Isaac, Lionel; Shannon, Dennis A.; Brockman, Frank E. (2019-09-04)

Tree species were evaluated for their suitability as hedgerows for alley cropping in Haiti. Major criteria discussed in this report are total and leaf biomass production, leaf/stem ratio, regrowth following pruning, and ...

Report 27. The effects of Leucaena hedgerow management on maize and hedgerow biomass yields over two years of cropping

Isaac, Lionel; Shannon, Dennis A.; Brockman, Frank E.; Bernard, Carine R. (2019-09-05)

The objectives of the study were to identify optimum hedgerow management practices for alley cropping in order to optimize crop yield and hedgerow biomass production under lowland conditions in Haiti. The following ...

Report 28. Increasing the marketability of manioc and breadfruit products by improving processing techniques

Lu, John Y.; Lea, John Dale (Zach); Chery, Louis R.; Shannon, Dennis A. (2019-06-04)

The perishability of fresh manioc roots and breadfruit places constraints on the marketing of these products. This study was made to investigate processing techniques to reduce these constraints. MANIOC: The primary ...

Report 30. The effects of alley cropping and fertilizer application on continuously-cropped maize

Shannon, Dennis A.; Vogel, Wolfgang O.; Kabaluapa, Kapinga N. (2019-09-03)

A trial was conducted to study the effect of alley cropping on maize under continuous cropping. Treatments consisted of alley cropping and control (no hedgerows), with and without fertilizer. Maize was planted twice a year ...

Report 30. The effects of alley cropping and other soil conservation practices on maize (Zea mays) yields over two years of cropping

Isaac, Lionel; Shannon, Dennis A.; Brockman, Frank E.; Bernard, Carine R. (2019-06-04)

The effects of different soil conservation practices on crop and hedgerow biomass yields were assessed under lowland conditions in Haiti over a period of two years. The trial was conducted at Pernier (1300 mm annual rainfall) ...

Report 42. Essai de techniques culturales contre la pourriture au champ de tubercule d'igname dans les système de culture agro-forestiers traditionnels Haïtiens

Jean, Yves; Brockman, Frank E.; Shannon, Dennis A. (2019-06-03)

Le travail présenté dans ce document a été entrepris à la suite des résultats d'une enquête réalisée par la Fondation Panaméricaine pour de Développement (PADF), à Plaisance, à 40 kilomètres du Cap Haïtien, où l'igname ...

Report 43. Essai comparatif de variétés de haricot résistantes à la Mosaïque dorée et au stress de chaleur

Jean, Yves; Shannon, Dennis A.; Brockman, Frank E.; Moïse, Julène; Prophète, Emmanuel (2019-06-03)

Le Haricot est une denrée très cultivée et consommée dans toutes les régions d'Haïti. La production est insuffisante à couvir les besoins de consommation du pays principalement à cause de la faiblesse du rendement imputable ...

Report 44. Essai d'adaptation de variétés de patate douce (Ipomea batata) aux conditions de culture du Nord-Ouest d'Haïti

Jean, Yves; Shannon, Dennis A.; Brockman, Frank E.; Moïse, Julène (2019-06-03)

Le rendement de la patate douce, dans les aires d'intervention de CARE/PLUS dans le Nord-Ouest d'Haïti, a été limité par les conditions péd0-climatiques et le potentiel génétique des variétés locales. Deux variétés, Tapato ...

Report 45. Recherche de variétés de manioc (Manihot esculenta) adaptées aux conditions de la presqu'île de Nord-Ouest d'Haïti

Jean, Yves; Shannon, Dennis A.; Moïse, Julène; Brockman, Frank E. (2019-06-03)

Le niveau du rendement du manioc (Manihot esculenta), dans les aires d'intervention de CARE/PLUS dans la presqu'île du Nord-Ouest d'Haïti, s'est révélé relativement faible. Les facteurs responsables semblent être les ...

Report 46. Recherche de variétés d'arachide (Arachis hypogea) adaptées aux conditions de culture du Nord-Ouest et de la Grande-Anse de Haïti

Jean, Yves; Shannon, Dennis A.; Brockman, Frank E.; Moïse, Julène (2019-06-25)

Dans les aires d'intervention de CARE/PLUS, dans la presqu'île du Nord-Ouest d'Haïti, les agriculteurs sont à la recherche de cultivars précoces et plus productifs que les variétés traditionnelles leur permettant de réaliser ...

Report 47. Technical assessment of the irrigation systems of Marigot and Jacmel and preliminary observations on the Marigot Watershed

Yoo, Kyung H.; Shannon, Dennis A. (2019-06-25)

An irrigation system located near Marigot was damaged by flooding from Hurricane Georges. A water engineer and an agronomist were asked to determine what was needed to rehabilitate the system and to protect the system from ...

Report 51. Cowpea variety trials in northwest Haiti

Shannon, Dennis A.; Jean, Yves; Brockman, Frank E. (2019-05-20)

This report summarizes cowpea variety trials conducted in Northwest Haiti between 1993 and 1995 by the Productive Land Use Systems Project. The results of these trials indicate that farmers can substantially increase cowpea ...

Report 52. Findings of surveys on yam (Dioscorea spp.) production in the Grande Anse Department, Haiti

Shannon, Dennis A. (2019-05-24)

Surveys were conducted on yam production in 18 localities in the Moron and Dame Marie regions of the Grande Anse Department of Haiti. The objectives were to identify the areas in which yam is grown, identify and characterize ...

Report, Final. Technical assistance to the PLUS project: Final report of the South-East Consortium for International Development (SECID) and Auburn University

Shannon, Dennis A.; Lea, John Dale (Zach); Isaac, Lionel; Belfort, Sarah (2019-06-25)

SECID provided technical assistance to the Productive Land Use Project (PLUS) by various means, including a tree Germplasm Improvement Program, an Agroforestry Research Program, an On-farm Agronomic Research Program, an ...

Soil profile descriptions for steeplands research sites in Haiti

Guthrie, Richard L.; Shannon, Dennis A. (2019-05-03)

Soils from different locations in Haiti intended as sites for alley cropping trial studies were examined and classified. Because limestone is the parent material associated with a majority of soils of the Steeplands, pH ...