Abstract
4WVI-Malawi, Mulonyeni ADP, Mchinji, Malawi. 5 CARE-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi. 6 SOFECSA Coordination Office, CIMMYT, Harare, Zimbabwe. Accepted 23 January, 2012 Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major staple food in Malawi. However, low soil fertility resulting from low and inappropriate use of fertilizer practices, continuous monocropping and inappropriate crop residues management coupled with limited resources and droughts keep yields low. This had led to a quest for sustainable solutions such as maize-legume intercropping or rotation including more efficient use of crop residues in smallholder farming systems. Innovation platforms (IP) built around learning centres (LC) located on smallholder farmers’ fields in target locations were used as an approach to disseminate integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) technologies and build capacity of farmers, extension staff and other stakeholders. Rotating maize with either groundnut or groundnut intercropped with pigeonpea increased maize grain yield (3678 and 3071 kg ha -1 respectively) compared to sole maize
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