Author(s)

Pierre-Marie Janvier Coffi^1,2*, Joséphine Tamia Ama¹, Thierry Tacra Lekadou², Siaka Traore², Charly Fernand Agoh², Didier Martial Saraka Yao³

¹Geosciences and Environment Laboratory, Environmental Sciences and Management Training and Research Unit (UFR), Nangui Abrogoua University (UNA), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
²Centre National de Recherche Agronomique, Station de Recherche Marc DELORME, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
³Department of Biochemistry-Genetics, UFR of Biological Sciences, Péléforo Gon Coulibaly University, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire.

Pressure on land tenure is having a negative impact on the coconut sector, reducing farmers’ incomes. Intercropping cultivars plantain under coconut based has been considered as a solution to this problem. The aim of this work is to diversify the sources of income for coconut growers. The plantain variety PITA 3, popularised by the CNRA, was grown in coconut inter-rows (PB113⁺), with two types of manure (chemical, organic). Six (06) treatments D1, D2, D3, D4, D5 and D6 were studied. In the tenth month after planting, treatment D3, which included banana plants fertilised with 9 kg of manure/plant, got the best agromorphological performance: height (264.08 cm), neck circumference (57.68 cm) and 12 leaves. In terms of production parameters, D3 banana plants had a shorter production cycle (347 days) and the highest diet mass (9.3 kg). However, the plants that received no fertiliser (D6) showed stunted growth and were unable to produce brunch. The fertilization of plantain with 10 t/ha of laying hen droppings permitted good development and production of plantains on tertiary sands.

Intercropping, Coconut, Plantain PITA 3, Manure, Tertiary Sands

Coffi, P. , Ama, J. , Lekadou, T. , Traore, S. , Agoh, C. and Yao, D. (2023) Evaluation of the Productivity of Intercropping Plantain Cultivar (PITA 3) Fertilized with Two Types of Manure, under Coconut Tree Based (Cocos nucifera L.), on the Tertiary Sands of Côte d’Ivoire. Agricultural Sciences, 14, 1405-1419. doi: 10.4236/as.2023.1410092.