Economic And Agronomic Evaluation Of Rice-MaizeIntercropping On Ferasol In Central-Western C&ocirc;te D'Ivoire

Konan Kouassi Urbain; Ouattara Amidou; Adechina Olayossimi; Bahan ML Frank; Brahima Koné

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Economic And Agronomic Evaluation Of Rice-MaizeIntercropping On Ferasol In Central-Western Côte D'Ivoire

Authors:

Konan Kouassi Urbain | Ouattara Amidou | Adechina Olayossimi | Bahan ML Frank | Brahima Koné

Publisher:

AENSI (American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information)

Journal:

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Vol.19 Issue 3, pp.1-11

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001858158

pISSN:

1991-8178

Abstract:

 The profitability of crop associations should be promoted in the peasantenvironment. Hence, there is a need to show land management for sustainable agriculture. The presentstudywascarried out at the experimental site of the National Agency for Rural Development Support (NARDS) training center in Gagnoa, more precisely at Coffee Cutting Center to evaluate the profitability in terms of land management and the economicprofitability of the rice-maizeintercropping. To do this, an agronomic trial wascarried out on a Ferralsolaccording to Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), seven (07) treatments and four (04) replicates (T1: pure rice; T2: pure cassava; T3: pure maize; T4:improvedrice-maizeintercropping; T5:improvedrice-cassavaintercropping; T6:traditionalrice-maizeintercropping and T7:traditionalricecassavaintercropping). Agronomic data werecollected on the threecrops and supplemented by soil data. No significanteffect of cultivation practice on ricegrowth and yieldat the threshold of α = 0.05. However, at the maizelevel, thereis a significanteffect of cultivation on maize grain yield (p-value ˂ 0.0001). Maize grain yieldincreasedwithplantingdensity. The rice-maizeintercropping has proven to bea quantifiedadvantage (e.g., LER=1.26 vs 1.00; MAI=59,566 CFA) than a pure cultivation of rice and maize. In addition, the improvedrice-maizeintercroppinghad a gain of 59.566 CFA,while the farmers' practice of this association recorded a loss of 27.115 CFA. That demonstratesagain the importance of modernizingcrop association for achievingfoodsecurity and environmental management. [.

Article Details

Economic And Agronomic Evaluation Of Rice-MaizeIntercropping On Ferasol In Central-Western C&ocirc;te D'Ivoire

Authors: Konan Kouassi Urbain | Ouattara Amidou | Adechina Olayossimi | Bahan ML Frank | Brahima Koné

Publisher: AENSI (American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information)

Journal: Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Vol.19 Issue 3, pp.1-11

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2025

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001858158

pISSN: 1991-8178

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Economic And Agronomic Evaluation Of Rice-MaizeIntercropping On Ferasol In Central-Western Côte D'Ivoire

Authors:

Konan Kouassi Urbain | Ouattara Amidou | Adechina Olayossimi | Bahan ML Frank | Brahima Koné

Publisher:

AENSI (American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information)

Journal:

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Vol.19 Issue 3, pp.1-11

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001858158

pISSN:

1991-8178