Tillage Practices and Fertilization in a Cocoyam Based Intercropping

About the BookTillage practices and fertilization in a cocoyam based intercropping systems in the tropics provides in-depth awareness on the production of cocoyam which is continually facing extinction as it is considered a food source for the poor masses but yet a prominent tuber food crop that endowed with both nutritional and medicinal values. The nutritional constituents of cocoyam far outweigh other tuber food crops. The book highlight the various research practices as well as the crop production techniques in a cocoyam based cropping systems particularly in areas of crop mixture, tillage practices and fertilization aimed at enhancing cocoyam farming. The authors have provided various research findings with crop combinations involving cocoyam, maize and melon; tillage practices and fertilization regimes considered ideal for the production of cocoyam and allied crops, with the attendant economic returns to management practices adopted. This book is the first of its kind and would, to a great extend, serve as reference materials for farmers, students, policy makers and researchers.