Findings and challenges: Can vegetables be productive under tree shade management in West Java?

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dc.contributor.authorManurung, Gerharden
dc.contributor.authorSusila, Anas D.en
dc.contributor.authorRoshetko, James M.en
dc.contributor.authorPalada, Manuel C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNanggungen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Javaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:31:56Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:31:56Zen
dc.date.issued2008en
dc.description.abstractFarmers in Nanggung, West Java traditionally cultivate vegetables under full sunlight. There is opportunity to expand vegetable production in the understory of agroforestry system, but farmers have limited experience with such practices. An on-farm trial was implemented to evaluate the production of 11 commercial vegetable species under three levels of tree shading in a nested design, replicated 3 times. The species included in the trial were honje (Etlingera elatior), terubuk (Saccharum edule), katuk (Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merrill), kenikir (Cosmos caudatus Kunth), kangkong (Ipomoea aquatica Forsskal), amaranth (Amaranthus sp.), chili (Capsicum annuum L.), eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), long bean (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.), green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Miller). Twenty-five independent variables were analyzed for their effect on vegetable survival, growth and yield. Average light levels for each treatment were 482-540 *1000 lux (open area, control), 43-540 *1000 lux (medium light) and 32-174 *1000 lux (low light). Preliminary results indicate that vegetable production under dudukuhan (agroforestry) systems shade is a viable option for smallholder farmers, however more intensive species-specific and site-specific management is required. A program of training and extension support would help smallholders develop such deliberate management practices.en
dc.description.notesLTRA-5 (Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetable Production)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier3584en
dc.identifier.citationSANREM CRSP Working Paper No. 08-08en
dc.identifier.other3584_808TreeShade.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67663en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherBlacksburg, VA: Office of International Research, Education, and Development, Virginia Techen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.oired.vt.edu/sanremcrsp/documents/WorkingPapers/808TreeShade.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSmall-scale farmingen
dc.subjectAgroforestryen
dc.subjectVegetable productionen
dc.subjectTree shade managementen
dc.subjectAmaranthen
dc.subjectKangkongen
dc.subjectEggplantsen
dc.subjectChilien
dc.subjectTomatoen
dc.subjectVegetable agroforestry systemsen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleFindings and challenges: Can vegetables be productive under tree shade management in West Java?en
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