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69035 |
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MX-TxCIM |
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20250718092717.0 |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
1876-4517 |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
1876-4525 (Online) |
| 024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER |
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-025-01556-2 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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MX-TxCIM |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Nyagumbo, I. |
| Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
| Field link and sequence number |
INT3097 |
| 9 (RLIN) |
891 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Food and nutrition security merits of intercropping maize, sorghum and millet with legumes on small farms in Southern Africa |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Netherlands : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
International Society for Plant Pathology ; |
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Springer Nature B.V., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2025. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Peer review |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
African agriculture faces an unprecedented challenge to ensure food and nutrition security while adapting to climate change and coping with land fragmentation due to population growth. This study assessed the performance of sole cereal (maize, sorghum, millet) and cereal-legume intercropping systems in terms of grain, energy and protein yield, determining the land requirements for energy and protein self-sufficiency at the household level. On-farm trials were established in two districts of Malawi (Dedza and Mzimba) to test twelve cropping systems on 72 farms for three consecutive cropping seasons, resulting in 2,530 yield records. The results revealed that crop yields were much higher in Dedza than in Mzimba, reflecting the better agro-ecological potential in the former. Sole maize yielded 2.8 t ha−1 in Dedza while sole sorghum yielded 1.6 t ha−1 and sole millet yielded 1.7 t ha−1, and in Mzimba, sole maize yielded 2.0 t ha−1, with sorghum and millet yielding 0.9 t ha−1and 0.7 t ha−1, respectively. Across both districts, maize-legume intercrops yielded an average cereal component of 1.7–2.4 t ha⁻1. In comparison, sorghum-legume intercrops produced lower cereal yields ranging from 0.7 to 1.2 t ha⁻1, while millet-legume intercrops ranged from 0.6 to 1.4 t ha⁻1. Yet, the cereal-legume intercrops provided higher nutritional yields than sole cereals. Thus in Dedza, maize-legume intercrops met energy and protein nutritional security needs (based on annual requirements for 5 adults) for 87–96% of the farms, thereby enabling land sparing of 0.83–0.94 ha farm−1. Similarly, in Mzimba, maize-legume intercrops enabled farmers to meet energy and protein requirements for 70–88% of farms, thereby sparing 0.61–0.71 ha of land farm−1. At both sites, sorghum- and millet-legume intercrops were less effective than maize-legume intercrops. Therefore, maize cropping systems, particularly when intercropped with legumes, are the most viable option for achieving food and nutrition security in land-constrained settings and in agro-ecological environments similar to Dedza and Mzimba. Meeting energy and protein requirements with small grains remains challenging in densely populated areas with small farm sizes, as these crops yield far less than maize, hence the commonly observed preference for maize by farmers. Caution is advised for research and development programs targeting small grains in Malawi’s smallholder settings, as this may compromise energy and protein outputs at the farm level. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
Text in English |
| 597 ## - CGIAR Initiative |
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| Donor or Funder |
European Union (EU) |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Agricultural development |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
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1002 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Climate change adaptation |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
5511 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Diversification |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
3027 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Land |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1826 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Farming systems |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1109 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Productivity |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1756 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Intercropping |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6135 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Food security |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1118 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nutrition security |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
19010 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Maize |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1173 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sorghum |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2002 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Millets |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
8811 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Legumes |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1963 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Southern Africa |
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AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1954 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Nyamayevu, D. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
33476 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Silva, J.V. |
| Field link and sequence number |
001712458 |
| Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9320 |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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| Title |
Food Security |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
Netherlands : International Society for Plant Pathology ; Springer Nature B.V., 2025. |
| International Standard Serial Number |
1876-4517 |
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In press |
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G93816 |
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Article |
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No |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |