NALT

Preferred term

alley cropping

Topic

A cropping system that involves growing crops in a wide strip, typically 6 meters in width, between lines of closely planted, fast-growing trees or shrubs. These woody species are usually leguminous and are pruned frequently to provide a mulching material and nutrients to the crop in the alley.

hedgerow intercropping

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

1743

Spanish

cultivo entre líneas
cultivo entre hileras

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5585

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 6/23/17