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Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research

Research Article | Published November 2021 | Volume 9, Issue 11. pp. 250-263.

doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jacr_v9i11.21.167

 

Coffee-banana systems in transition: Resource allocation and crop interactions in smallholder farms of Burundi

 



 

 

Anaclet Nibasumba1*

Laurence Jassogne2

Piet VanAsten2

Gilbert Nduwayo1

Claudette Nkurunziza1

Charles Bielders3

Bruno Delvaux3

 

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1. Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU), P.O. Box 795 Bujumbura, Burundi.

2. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), P.O. Box 7878, Kampala, Uganda.

3. Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348, Belgium.


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Citation: Nibasumba A, Jassogne L, VanAsten P, Nduwayo G, Nkurunziza C, Bielders C, Delvaux B  (2021). Coffee-banana systems in transition: Resource allocation and crop interactions in smallholder farms of Burundi. J. Agric. Crop Res. 9(11):250-263. doi: 10.33495/jacr_v9i11.21.167.

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 Abstract 


This study aimed to analyse interactions between coffee and banana plants in adjunct banana and coffee plots. A diagnostic survey was conducted in 60 farms with adjunct banana and coffee plots selected in a humid plateau ecological zone. Banana plots were divided into two sub-plots, a sub-plot near coffee (NC) and a sub-plot far from coffee (FC). Coffee plots were divided into two sub-plots, sub-plot near banana (NB) and sub-plot far from banana (FB). Results showed that banana yield was higher in sub-plots NC (28.6 Mg ha-1 cycle-1) than subplots FC (10.4 Mg ha-1 cycle-1). The coffee yield was not significantly different among sub-plots. The weight of 100 cherries was significantly higher NB. Soils under coffee were significantly richer near banana and banana nutrient leaf content higher NC. Limiting factors in banana sub-plots FC were, in descending order, K > Mg > Corg > P > pH. In banana sub-plots NC, limiting factors were K / (Ca + Mg) > pH > Zn > P and N. In coffee sub-plots NB, limiting factors were Corg > Mulch > Zn > P > K. In sub-plots FB, limiting factors were Zn > N > P > Mulch. The presence of bananas did not affect coffee growth and coffee yield NB while increasing soil characteristics NB. The presence of coffee has significantly increased the yield and growth of banana NC.

Keywords  Banana-coffee   growth-characteristics   nutrient-deficiency   limiting-factor  

 

 

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