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A multi-objective model exploration of banana-canopy management and nutrient input scenarios for optimal banana-legume intercrop performance

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Title A multi-objective model exploration of banana-canopy management and nutrient input scenarios for optimal banana-legume intercrop performance
 
Creator Ocimati, Walter
Groot, Jeroen C.J.
Blomme, Guy
Timler, Carl J.
Remans, Roseline
Taulya, Godfrey
Ntamwira, Jules Bagula
Tittonell, Pablo A.
 
Subject banana
experimental design
crop management
integrated plant production
optimization methods
diseño experimental
manejo del cultivo
producción vegetal integrada
 
Description This study used the multi-objective optimization FarmDESIGN model to exlpore for optimal banana-canopy management and nutrient input scenarios for a banana-bush bean intensification system.
Severe leaf pruning was confirmed to negatively impact on farm profitability, while the more profitable un-pruned crop options were unsustainable without external nutrient inputs. Thus, investments in external inputs are crucial for a sustainable banana-intercrop system. The FarmDESIGN model made the trade-offs and synergies in this complex intercrop system explicit, thus was also helpful for field-level decision making.
 
Date 2021-02-10
2021-03-11T09:28:25Z
2021-03-11T09:28:25Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Ocimati, W.; Groot, J.C.J.; Blomme, G.; Timler, C.J.; Remans, R.; Taulya, G.; Ntamwira, J.; Tittonell, P. (2021) A multi-objective model exploration of banana-canopy management and nutrient input scenarios for optimal banana-legume intercrop performance. Agronomy 11(2): 311 21 p. ISSN: 2073-4395
2073-4395
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112940
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020311
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 21 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher MDPI AG
 
Source Agronomy