Intercropping Maize with Faba Bean Improves Yield, Income, and Soil Fertility in Semiarid Environment

Table 1

Interaction effects of intercropping maize with two faba bean (FB) varieties at three different densities on dry biomass and grain yields of the crops and gross monetary values (GMV).

Treatments	Dry biomass yield (kg·ha^−1)		Grain yield (kg·ha^−1)		Total grain yield (kg·ha^−1)	GMV (USD·ha^−1)
	Maize	FB	Maize	FB
Sole maize	10100	—	4200a	—	4200	1470d
Sole faba bean	—	4400a	—	2000a	2000	1600c
Maize + Gora FB at 25%	9400	1300d	4050a	680c	4730	1962b
Maize + Gora FB at 50%	8000	2100c	3800ab	950bc	4750	2090a
Maize + Gora FB at 75%	8100	3000b	2800c	1230b	4030	1964b
Maize + Moti FB at 25%	9600	1200d	3370bc	610c	3980	1668c
Maize + Moti FB at 50%	8100	2100c	3240bc	1070b	4310	1990ab
Maize + Moti FB at 75%	9400	2900b	3150bc	1170b	4320	2039ab
SEM±	1040	180	230	130		39.6
LSD (5%)	NS	550	690	390		118.8
CV (%)	23.0	15.0	13.0	23.4		3.7

Means along column followed by the same letters are not significantly different (). Sole FB = averaged results of Gora and Moti varieties.