Implementing cropping systems to improve sustainable agriculture in the tropics and subtropics

Résumé

In tropical and subtropical climates, sustainable agricultural development is difficult due to pest pressure with favorable weather conditions. Some field trials have shown that among all the summer cover crops tested, sunn hemp can grow vigorously during the rainy summer, cover the ground quickly and densely, and it can produce a large amount of biomass in two to three months. Therefore, growing the sunn hemp cover crop during the off-season harvest and rotation with valuable vegetable crops in the growing season has become a promising growing system under the subtropical climate. Such an outcome could be implemented in Caribbean countries to improve the sustainable development of agriculture.

Wang Qingren, "Implementing cropping systems to improve sustainable agriculture in the tropics and subtropics", 2016. Extrait de: 52e congrès annuel de la Société caribéenne des plantes alimentaires / 52nd annual meeting of the Caribbean food crops society (CFCS), du 10 au 16 juillet 2016, Colloque & conférence, University of Florida, Le Gosier, 12 juillet 2016. Bibliothèque numérique Manioc, consulté le 18 décembre 2025. Lien: http://www.manioc.org/fichiers/V16313.