Knowledge source
Indigenous knowledge
Local knowledge
Personal experimentation
Other
Details
Well this practices were learned through formal training from the university
Again my interaction with local farmers gave me first hand understanding and importance of this type of practice.
Knowledge timing
Details
This practice is about 5years today. And the more i engage in it, i learn something new. Especially with respect to medicinal plants.
Uptake motivation
My motivation to polyculture is as a result of the negative and less promising effects of monoculture. Monoculture thought me to be more dependent on ecternal inputs which has made me spend alot of money of fertilizers and pesticides not knowing I could save more money if i can produce my own inputs locally which are environmentally friendly and cause no harm to my health. Again my motivation came as a result of the positive effect of polyculture as one does not depend only on one crop for the whole year. This is to say if you harvest corn after three months, you can still harvest cocoyams or cassava after when corn has been removed.
Knowledge products
Yes