Abstract
A study to determine the financial benefits of intercropping immature rubber plantation with cassava in South Eastern Nigeria was carried out at the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, Iyanomo near Benin City. The study was set up in a randomized complete block design with each treatment replicated three times. Yield data generated were used to determine the profitability of the systems. The results showed economic yield from rubber as the rubber trees did not attain tappable girth throughout the duration of the study. a mean yield of about 25.72 tonnes of cassava tuber were generated from the sole cassava treatments for the four years period while a mean yield of about 22.92 tonnes of cassava tuber per hectare were generated from the cassava + rubber intercrop treatments in the same period. A total amount of 160,000 Naira was spent in four years as cost of intercropping. Total revenue generated from the sales of cassava in the rubber + cassava system was 900, 000.00 Naira per hectare with a Gross Margin and profit margin of 740,000 Naira and 673, 090.98 Naira respectively. A profitability index of the rubber + cassava system was 0.75, indicating that, 75% of the total amount invested in the rubber + cassava system was recovered in the first four years compared to the additional costs incurred in the sole rubber plantation treatment. This study showed that intercropping cassava with rubber during the immature phase of rubber plantation guarantee early return on investment and more profitable compared with sole rubber plantation systems.
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Claim · model-written summary
Rubber trees did not attain tappable girth, so no economic yield from rubber was obtained during the study.
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e0“The results showed economic yield from rubber as the rubber trees did not attain tappable girth throughout the duration of the study”
Claim · model-written summary
Cassava tuber yield under cassava + rubber intercropping was lower than under sole cassava, at about 22.92 tonnes per hectare versus 25.72 tonnes.
- Taxon
- cassava
Manihot esculentae1 - Treatment
- cassava + rubber intercrope1
- Outcome
- cassava tubere1
- Direction
- lowerinferrede1
- Value
- 22.92 tonnese1
- Comparator
- sole cassavae1
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Verbatim
e1“a mean yield of about 25.72 tonnes of cassava tuber were generated from the sole cassava treatments for the four years period while a mean yield of about 22.92 tonnes of cassava tuber per hectare were generated from the cassava + rubber intercrop treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Total revenue from cassava sales in the rubber + cassava system was 900,000 Naira per hectare.
- Taxon
- cassavaManihot esculentae2
- Outcome
- Total revenuee2
- Value
- 900, 000.00 Naira per hectaree2
- Qualifier
- rubber + cassava systeme2
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e2“Total revenue generated from the sales of cassava in the rubber + cassava system was 900, 000.00 Naira per hectare”
Claim · model-written summary
Gross margin of the rubber + cassava system was 740,000 Naira.
Verbatim
e0“economic yield from rubber”
e3“with a Gross Margin and profit margin of 740,000 Naira and 673, 090.98 Naira respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Profit margin of the rubber + cassava system was 673,090.98 Naira.
Verbatim
e0“economic yield from rubber”
e3“with a Gross Margin and profit margin of 740,000 Naira and 673, 090.98 Naira respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
The profitability index of the rubber + cassava system was 0.75, so 75% of the investment was recovered in the first four years.
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e4“A profitability index of the rubber + cassava system was 0.75, indicating that, 75% of the total amount invested in the rubber + cassava system was recovered in the first four years”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping cassava with immature rubber guarantees early return on investment compared with sole rubber plantation.
Verbatim
e5“intercropping cassava with rubber during the immature phase of rubber plantation guarantee early return on investment and more profitable compared with sole rubber plantation systems”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping cassava with immature rubber is more profitable than sole rubber plantation.
Verbatim
e5“intercropping cassava with rubber during the immature phase of rubber plantation guarantee early return on investment and more profitable compared with sole rubber plantation systems”
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