| Objectives |
- Reduce the risk of crop failure (drought, pests,
diseases)
- Reduce Striga infestation in millet
- Better use of available soil nutrients |
| Features |
Arrangement |
annual alternation of millet with cowpea |
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Manuring |
Basal application of 4 t/ha manure
Shift lines of millet and cowpea each year or apply urea to millet
at heading (25 kg/ha with annual rainfall 400-700 mm, 50 kg/ha with
700-800 mm) |
| |
Plant spacing |
Millet: 1.5 x 0.4 m, cowpea: 1.5 x 0.25 m |
| |
Sowing date |
Sowing both crops the same day |
| Performance |
(information not available) |
| Application |
Sandy soils in area with annual rainfall between 450
and 700 mm |
| Restrictions |
Growing legume crops requires the roaming cattle to
be herded
Costs of crop protection for cowpea |
| Recommended practices |
Seed treatment |
Millet: 10 g Apron Plus for 750 g seeds
Cowpea: 10 g Apron Plus for 2000 g seeds |
| |
Manuring |
when possible application of phosphate rock of Tilemsi (100 kg/ha
annually or 300 kg/ha once in three years) |
| |
Crop protection |
Application of insecticide Decis (1 l/ha) on cowpea when flower
buds appear, at flowering and at pod formation |
