Is Broadcasting Mung Bean into Rice Crops a Useful Practice in Timor-Leste? †
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Ai-com, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, P.O. Box 221, Comoro, Dili, Timor-Leste
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The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 6009 Perth, Australia
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Presented at the third International Tropical Agriculture Conference (TROPAG 2019), Brisbane, Australia, 11–13 November 2019.
Proceedings 2019, 36(1), 167; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019036167
Published: 7 April 2020
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The Third International Tropical Agriculture Conference (TROPAG 2019))
Abstract
:Mung beans (Vigna radiata) are a potential crop in rotation with rice on the south coast of east Timor. When Mung beans are planted after rice, the soil is cultivated after rice harvest, before mung beans are planted by hand with the use of a dibble stick. This paper looks at the cost and benefits of broadcasting mung beans into rice just prior to or just after rice harvest. Broadcast mung beans requires much less labour than planted by dibble stick. Broadcast mung beans require more seed, and can be more difficult to weed. Based on a gross margin analysis mung bean yield could be 35% lower and be as profitable as conventionally grown mung beans.
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Almeida, L.; Williams, R.; Erskine, W. Is Broadcasting Mung Bean into Rice Crops a Useful Practice in Timor-Leste? Proceedings 2019, 36, 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019036167
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Almeida L, Williams R, Erskine W. Is Broadcasting Mung Bean into Rice Crops a Useful Practice in Timor-Leste? Proceedings. 2019; 36(1):167. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019036167
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlmeida, Luis, Robert Williams, and William Erskine. 2019. "Is Broadcasting Mung Bean into Rice Crops a Useful Practice in Timor-Leste?" Proceedings 36, no. 1: 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019036167
