Abstract
Agroforestry is practiced in Africa for food production and reducing biodiversity loss among others. Despite the potential of agroforestry, inadequate information exists on how women and youth practice it to combat food insecurity and income poverty in semi-arid lands. We assessed the contributions of women and youth in agroforestry to enhance food security and income generation. Data collection methods included household surveys, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews. We employed Kruskal-Wallis statistical test to examine variations in responses between villages using SPSS, while content analysis was applied for qualitative data. Estimated mean crop yields in tons per hectare for agroforestry included: maize (1.98), sunflower (1.43), millet (2.34), sorghum (1.92), and cassava (32.1). For land without agroforestry, the yields were 1.08, 1.50, 1.72, 1.02, and 36.8 tons per hectare, respectively. The estimated average annual income per household from agroforestry was Tsh 1,367,304 (USD 586), compared to Tsh 767,211 (USD 329) from non-agroforestry systems. The main scholarly contributions of the paper are that engaging women and youth in agroforestry improves food security and alleviate poverty in Africa. Therefore, women and youth should receive technical and financial support to practice agroforestry for sustainable food production and reduced income poverty.
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record, shown for indexing and research. Copyright remains with the authors or the publisher. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Mean maize yield under agroforestry was 1.98 t/ha versus 1.08 t/ha on land without agroforestry.
- Treatment
- agroforestrye0
- Outcome
- mean crop yieldse0
- Direction
- higherinferrede0
- Value
- 1.98e0
- Qualifier
- 1.08e1
- Comparator
- land without agroforestrye1
Zea maysNot reportedSetting
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“mean crop yields in tons per hectare for agroforestry included: maize (1.98)”
e1“For land without agroforestry, the yields were 1.08, 1.50, 1.72, 1.02, and 36.8 tons per hectare, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean sunflower yield under agroforestry was 1.43 t/ha versus 1.50 t/ha on land without agroforestry.
- Taxon
- sunflower
Helianthus annuuse0 - Treatment
- agroforestrye0
- Outcome
- mean crop yieldse0
- Direction
- lowerinferrede0
- Value
- 1.43e0
- Qualifier
- 1.50e1
- Comparator
- land without agroforestrye1
Not reportedSetting
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“mean crop yields in tons per hectare for agroforestry included: maize (1.98), sunflower (1.43)”
e1“For land without agroforestry, the yields were 1.08, 1.50, 1.72, 1.02, and 36.8 tons per hectare, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean millet yield under agroforestry was 2.34 t/ha versus 1.72 t/ha on land without agroforestry.
- Taxon
- millete0
- Treatment
- agroforestrye0
- Outcome
- mean crop yieldse0
- Direction
- higherinferrede0
- Value
- 2.34e0
- Qualifier
- 1.72e1
- Comparator
- land without agroforestrye1
Not reportedSetting
Verbatim
e0“mean crop yields in tons per hectare for agroforestry included: maize (1.98), sunflower (1.43), millet (2.34)”
e1“For land without agroforestry, the yields were 1.08, 1.50, 1.72, 1.02, and 36.8 tons per hectare, respectively”
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
SorghumNot reportedSetting
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean cassava yield under agroforestry was 32.1 t/ha versus 36.8 t/ha on land without agroforestry.
- Taxon
- cassava
Manihot esculentae0 - Treatment
- agroforestrye0
- Outcome
- mean crop yieldse0
- Direction
- lowerinferrede0
- Value
- 32.1e0
- Qualifier
- 36.8e1
- Comparator
- land without agroforestrye1
Not reportedSetting
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“mean crop yields in tons per hectare for agroforestry included: maize (1.98), sunflower (1.43), millet (2.34), sorghum (1.92), and cassava (32.1)”
e1“For land without agroforestry, the yields were 1.08, 1.50, 1.72, 1.02, and 36.8 tons per hectare, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
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.
- Treatment
- agroforestrye0
- Outcome
- average annual income per householde0
- Direction
- higherinferrede0
- Value
- Tsh 1,367,304 (USD 586)e0
- Comparator
- non-agroforestry systemse0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“The estimated average annual income per household from agroforestry was Tsh 1,367,304 (USD 586), compared to Tsh 767,211 (USD 329) from non-agroforestry systems”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that engaging women and youth in agroforestry improves food security and alleviates poverty in Africa.
- Treatment
- engaging women and youth in agroforestrye0
- Outcome
- food securitye0
- Direction
- improvese0
- Setting
- Africae0
Not reportedTaxonComparator
Verbatim
e0“engaging women and youth in agroforestry improves food security and alleviate poverty in Africa”
Claim · model-written summary
Women and youth should receive technical and financial support to practice agroforestry for sustainable food production and reduced income poverty.
- Outcome
- technical and financial support to practice agroforestrye0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“women and youth should receive technical and financial support to practice agroforestry for sustainable food production and reduced income poverty”
The same questions in other papers
intercropping · yield · Manihot esculenta (cassava)Results differ
29 papers in the same direction as this paper · 48 in the opposite direction
- positive
- positive
- positive
74 papers more in this group
See all 78 papers →intercropping · yield · SorghumResults differ
117 papers in the same direction as this paper · 42 in the opposite direction · 5 reporting no difference from an alternative
- negative
- negative
- no effect
161 papers more in this group
See all 165 papers →intercropping · yield · Helianthus annuus (common sunflower)Positive and negative results
9 papers in the same direction as this paper · 25 in the opposite direction
- positive
- positive
- positive
31 papers more in this group
See all 35 papers →intercropping · yield · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results
612 papers in the same direction as this paper · 181 in the opposite direction · 40 reporting no difference from an alternative
- no effect
- no effect
- negative
830 papers more in this group
See all 834 papers →Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.