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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 ...

Long-term research on hedgerow pruning management for alley cropping in Haiti: implications for soil fertility maintenance and sustainability in low resource farming in the tropics 

Shannon, Dennis A.; Isaac, Lionel; Kang, Hua; Wood, C. Wesley; Bernard, Carine R.; Bossa, Jean Rene (2025-06-05)
One of the basic concepts of alley cropping as practiced in the tropics is that the leaves and stems are used to add nitrogen and organic matter to the soil and recycle other plant nutrients. As I discussed the system ...

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 ...