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INTENSIFICATION PATHWAY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SMALLHOLDER CASSAVA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN SOUTHERN CÔTE D'IVOIRE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2016

JEAN-BAPTISTE GNÉLIÉ GNAHOUA ,
DJÉTCHI JEAN BAPTISTE ETTIEN ,
BONI N'ZUÉ ,
CATHÉRINE EBAH ,
BRAHIMA KONÉ ,
STEFAAN DE NEVE  and
PASCAL BOECKX
JEAN-BAPTISTE GNÉLIÉ GNAHOUA*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium Department of Soil Science, Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire Department of Soil Science, Earth Science Unit, Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire
DJÉTCHI JEAN BAPTISTE ETTIEN
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science, Earth Science Unit, Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire
BONI N'ZUÉ
Affiliation:
Tuber and Root Crops Program, National Agronomic Research Center (CNRA), 01 BP 1740 Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire
CATHÉRINE EBAH
Affiliation:
Food Technologies Laboratory, National Agronomic Research Center (CNRA), 01 BP 1740 Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire
BRAHIMA KONÉ
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science, Earth Science Unit, Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire
STEFAAN DE NEVE
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Management, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
PASCAL BOECKX
Affiliation:
Isotope Bioscience Laboratory - ISOFYS, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
*
‡Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Summary

In order to intensify cassava production in southern Côte d'Ivoire, multiple farmers’ field trials were carried out in two important cassava-producing areas (Dabou and Bingerville). The effectiveness of an Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) approach as intensification pathway was evaluated for poor sandy soils. Overall, ISFM-based systems outperformed the local cultivation system. The average cassava yield was 14.5 and 6.5 t ha−1 and 12.6 and 5.7 t ha−1 for the ISFM and traditional systems, in Dabou and Bingerville, respectively. The average profitability of ISFM systems was ca. 2500 Euro ha−1, whereby 66% was generated by cowpea intercrop, which yielded on average 3.1 t ha−1. Taking into account the limited farmer's resource endowment and poor soil fertility, ISFM is a crucial component for sustainable intensification of cassava production and poverty alleviate in southern Côte d'Ivoire.

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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , January 2017 , pp. 44 - 58
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