2023
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202309.1428.v1
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Is Mulching a Cost-Effective System? Case Study of Pineapple Cropping Systems of the Donomadè Ecovillage in Yoto Prefecture in Togo, West Africa

Wouyo Atakpama,
Hodabalo Pereki,
Fousseni Folega
et al.

Abstract: One of the main constraints of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa is the steady decline in the level of soil fertility resulting in a continuous decline in crop yields. This study assessed the impact of grass mulch on: the productivity, the income, the soil carbon, and the phytodiversity within three pineapple-based systems of the ecovillage of Donomade in Togo. They are: a model farm with mulch, adopters’ farms, and non-adopters. Production-related data (e.g., number of plants, the number of productive individ… Show more

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