Claim · model-written summary
Mean sorghum yield under agroforestry was 1.92 t/ha versus 1.02 t/ha on land without agroforestry.
- Treatment
- agroforestrye0
- Outcome
- mean crop yieldse0
- Direction
- higherinferrede0
- Value
- 1.92e0
- Qualifier
- 1.02e1
- Comparator
- land without agroforestrye1
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Verbatim
e0“mean crop yields in tons per hectare for agroforestry included: maize (1.98), sunflower (1.43), millet (2.34), sorghum (1.92)”
e1“For land without agroforestry, the yields were 1.08, 1.50, 1.72, 1.02, and 36.8 tons per hectare, respectively”
Title
Leopody Gayo; Kelvin Ngongolo African Geographical Review 2024. doi:10.1080/19376812.2024.2399570
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Mean maize yield under agroforestry was 1.98 t/ha versus 1.08 t/ha on land without agroforestry.
- Intervention effect Mean sunflower yield under agroforestry was 1.43 t/ha versus 1.50 t/ha on land without agroforestry.
- Intervention effect Mean millet yield under agroforestry was 2.34 t/ha versus 1.72 t/ha on land without agroforestry.
- Intervention effect Mean cassava yield under agroforestry was 32.1 t/ha versus 36.8 t/ha on land without agroforestry.
- Intervention effect Estimated average annual household income was Tsh 1,367,304 (USD 586) from agroforestry compared with Tsh 767,211 (USD 329) from non-agroforestry systems.
- Intervention effect The authors conclude that engaging women and youth in agroforestry improves food security and alleviates poverty in Africa.
- Recommendation Women and youth should receive technical and financial support to practice agroforestry for sustainable food production and reduced income poverty.