Intercropping with Sugarcane
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without any scientific basis. About 20 years ago, researchers In response to requests by small scale cane growers of KwaZulu-Natal for advice on i~nproving their system of crop production, a Joint Project between SASEX and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agricul~ure was started in 1996. Trials were initiated to investigate the practicalitics of intercropping rainfed and irrigated cane with food crops. Results from the first two years of trials are discussed. They clearly indicate that provided good management is practised, including the application of the full fertiliser requirement to each crop grown, crops such as cabbage and maize (green mealies) can be economically produced in the plant cane crop. These crops provide food andlor an alternative source of cash within 120 days of planting. The practice of intercropping in plant cane should improve the viability of many small scale cane growers.
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