Innovating traditional production systems through on-farm conservation agriculture and agroforestry research

dc.creatorFonteyne, S.
dc.creatorSilva Avendaño, C.
dc.creatorRamos Sanchez, A.
dc.creatorTorres, J.
dc.creatorGarcia, F.
dc.creatorPérez Martínez, Z.
dc.creatorGarcía Dávila, A.
dc.creatorCastillo Villaseñor, L.
dc.creatorVerhulst, N.
dc.date2022-01-12T01:30:18Z
dc.date2022-01-12T01:30:18Z
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-17T20:08:35Z
dc.date.available2023-07-17T20:08:35Z
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/21836
dc.identifier10.3389/fagro.2021.787507
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7513604
dc.descriptionMaize (Zea mays L.), the staple crop of Mexico, is often produced by smallholder farmers on sloping terrains. Historically, little agronomic research has been performed under the conditions of these farmers to support them in the sustainable intensification of their production systems. We set up trials at two locations in the state of Oaxaca to evaluate conservation agriculture and agroforestry in collaboration with local farmers. Crop diversification through crop rotations, multicropping, relay cropping or agroforestry increased system yields the most, by up to 1.4 t ha−1 in Teopoxco and 1.7 t ha−1 in Tamazulapam. Increased input use through increased fertilization or liming did not increase profitability enough to justify their use. Zero tillage and residue retention increased yields and reduced production costs. Conservation agriculture with agroforestry was a high-yielding, profitable system that also reduced farmers' risk by providing several harvests per year. The most profitable combinations of agroforestry and conservation agriculture could produce up to $4,854 USD ha−1 in Teopoxco and $2,143 USD ha−1 in Tamazulapam, while the control treatments in the same sites and years produced $175 USD ha−1 and $92 USD ha−1 respectively. In several years the main crop failed, while the trees were able to produce due to their different growing season compared to maize. Through adaptive investigation under farmers' conditions, sustainable intensification of traditional production system is possible with low-cost changes that are locally adapted and within farmers' possibilities.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherFrontiers
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/11529/10548616
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dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.source3
dc.source2673-3218
dc.sourceFrontiers in Agronomy
dc.source787507
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectMilpa Intercalada con Árboles Frutales
dc.subjectMAIZE
dc.subjectBEANS
dc.subjectSQUASHES
dc.subjectMULTIPLE CROPPING
dc.subjectCROP ROTATION
dc.titleInnovating traditional production systems through on-farm conservation agriculture and agroforestry research
dc.typeArticle
dc.typePublished Version
dc.coverageSwitzerland


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