Green Manure Cover Crops (GMCC) Intercropping Strategy Trial Under Conservation Agriculture (On-Station)

The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of green manure cover crops on crop productivity, soil quality and residual effects. The main treatments included: Maize – sole cropping Maize – pigeonpea intercropping Lablab – sole cropping (in rotation with maize in year 2) Maize – lablab intercropping planted at the same time as maize Maize – lablab intercropping planted 1 week later than maize Maize – lablab intercropping planted 3 weeks after the maize Cowpea - sole cropping (in rotation with maize in year 2) Maize - Cowpea intercropping planted at the same time as maize The sub-treatments with split plot design included: No fertilizer addition Application of 100kg ha-1 Compound D (10:20:10)