Intercropping Arabica Coffee (<i>Coffea arabica</i>) with Banana (<i>Musa Spp</i>) at Teppi, Southwest Ethiopia

Behailu Mekonnen; Shiferaw Temteme; Essubalew Getachew

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Intercropping Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica) with Banana (Musa Spp) at Teppi, Southwest Ethiopia

Behailu Mekonnen, Shiferaw Temteme, Essubalew Getachew

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A field experiment aimed to determine the optimum ratio of intercropping Arabica coffee with banana was conducted at Teppi, Southwest Ethiopia, from 2012 to 2016. The experiment consisted of four cropping arrangements (1:1, 1:2, 1:3 ratios of coffee with banana, and staggered planting) with sole stands of each crop, arranged in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replicates. The yield and yield-related attributes of the component crops were collected, and the efficiency of the cropping arrangement was estimated using a land equivalent ratio. The analysis of variance showed that the clean coffee yield was significantly (p < 0.05) affected by intercropping with bananas. Intercropping of the component crops also significantly (p < 0.05) influenced the fruit yield of bananas. Thus, the highest clean coffee yield was obtained from the sole coffee plot (2007.4 kg ha^-1) followed by the plot in which coffee and banana were arranged staggeringly (1782.6 kg ha^-1). Similarly, the highest values of land equivalent ratio (1.25) and yield advantage of coffee (0.88) were recorded from staggeringly arranged coffee with banana compared with other intercrops. The result also indicates the enhanced productivity and compatibility of the component crops when they are inter-planted staggeringly. Accordingly, the aforementioned planting arrangement can be recommended for farmers and growers in the study area for increased yield productivity of the component crops. Further study needs to be repeated one more season in different agro-ecologies with different varieties of component crops.

Published in	Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Volume 11, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.aff.20221105.14
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Yield, Coffee, Intercropping, Banana, Land Productivity, Yield Advantage

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Behailu Mekonnen

Ethiopia Institute of Agricultural Research, Teppi Agricultural Research Center, Teppi, Ethiopia
Shiferaw Temteme

Ethiopia Institute of Agricultural Research, Teppi Agricultural Research Center, Teppi, Ethiopia
Essubalew Getachew

College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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