Maize-Legume Intercropping Report 2014
Agricultural innovation
One Acre Fund conducted a series of maize/legume intercropping trials in western Kenya in order to determine the best management practices for intercropping with maize which included common bean, soybean, and groundnut.
Smallholder farmers in Africa commonly use maize/bean intercropping to increase soil nitrogen and agricultural productivity. One Acre Fund conducted a series of maize/legume intercropping trials in order determine the optimum species and arrangement to provide farmers with significant and positive economic and food security impacts.