Integrated indicators for performance assessment of traditional agroforestry systems in South West Cameroon
2009
Rodrigues, Geraldo Stachetti | de Barros, Inacio | Ehabe, Eugène Ejolle | Lang, Patrick Sama | Enjalric, Franck | Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) ; Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento [Brasil] (MAPA) ; Governo do Brasil-Governo do Brasil | Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad) | Unité de Recherche AgroPédoClimatique de la zone caraïbe (APC) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) | Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement [Yaoundé] (IRAD) | African Center for Research on Bananas and Plantains = Centre Africain de Recherches sur Bananiers et Plantains (CARBAP) | Fonctionnement et conduite des Systèmes de culture Tropicaux et Méditerranéens ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)
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Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]anglais. Farming Systems developed in Humid Tropical Zones are frequently characterized by a combination of perennial and annual plants, intermixed in complex tree-crop associations. The productive functioning, the agronomic and economic performances, and the sustainability of these crop associations remain poorly understood. To improve the management capacity of these complex agroforestry systems, adequate indicators must be developed and integrated in assessment systems. These may then be used to aid farmers, assisted by their extension agents, in making decisions regarding management practices. The present study focused on the agroforestry systems developed by 38 farmers in the South West Region of Cameroon, which were surveyed for a large set of variables, aiming at formulating a Traditional Agroforestry Performance Indicators System (TAPIS). Analyses of the relationships among indicators in TAPIS allowed an improved understanding of agro-ecological and agro-economic performances in the studied plots, revealed tradeoffs regarding plant stand, income generation, food production, input demands and work requirements; and may contribute to the sustainability assessment of agroforestry systems
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