Question

why should yam, black pepper and leucaena leucocephala intercropped with cocoyam?

Answer 1

Yam, black pepper and Leucaena leucocephala intercropped with cocoyam reasonably in order to get good yields, protect the soil against erosion and to control weeds.

They resulted in the selection of possible suitable cropping sequences for all the year round cropping that should give high yields and high economic returns, minimize weed growth, protect the soil against erosion, and probably disease and pest damage. These intercropping compinations yields high productivity in most intercropping systems.