alley cropping

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000248",
  "term": "alley cropping",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "hedgerow intercropping"
  ],
  "subject": "Farms, Agricultural Production Systems",
  "see_also": [
    "agroforestry",
    "intercropping",
    "hedgerow plants",
    "conservation buffers"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Eduardo Somarriba, CATIE",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cultivo entre líneas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/alley-cropping/"
}