Effects of wheat and faba bean intercropping on yield, land-use efficiency and economic revenue in semi-arid areas

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70031" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70031</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70031" target="_blank" >10.1002/agj2.70031</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Effects of wheat and faba bean intercropping on yield, land-use efficiency and economic revenue in semi-arid areas

Original language description

Intercropping faba bean and wheat in semi-arid areas is a promising agricultural practice that has the potential to enhance crop yields and economic benefits. Farmers commonly use this practice in semi-arid regions of Ethiopia. Yet there is limited information on grain yield and economic advantages of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) intercropping systems. This study aimed to determine the effects of faba bean intercrops with wheat varieties at different seeding rates on grain yield, economic revenue, and land-use efficiency. The study was conducted in 2013 and 2014 at Mekelle Agricultural Research Centre, northern Ethiopia (Latitude 13o 30&apos; 00ʺ N, Longitude 39o 28&apos; 11ʺ E, and elevation 1970 m). The study considered three wheat varieties (Shehan, HAR 2501, and Mekelle 01) at three seeding rates (25%, 50%, and 75%) of the recommended sole wheat seeding rate of 150 kg haMINUS SIGN 1 intercropped with faba bean at 250,000 plants haMINUS SIGN 1. Sole cropping of each wheat variety and faba bean at the recommended seeding rates served as controls. Faba bean intercropped with the wheat HAR 2501 variety at a 75% seeding rate increased the total grain yield, economic revenue, and land equivalent ratio (LER) by 39%, 17%, and 50%, respectively, over the sole faba bean. The study suggests that intercropping faba bean and wheat can be a sustainable farming practice to enhance crop grain yield and land-use productivity in semi-arid areas.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40101 - Agriculture

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Agronomy Journal

ISSN

0002-1962

e-ISSN

1435-0645

Volume of the periodical

117

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

"e70031"

UT code for WoS article

001434085200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85219538535