had to replant them every 2-3 years. Furthermore, the chewing cane is not as drought tolerant as
vetiver. In the case of intercropping with pumpkin, the practice required too much labor, and the
pumpkin crop sometimes failed due to drought.
In the fourth year, the farmers at both sites had extended the vetiver contour hedgerows in
their own cassava fields. Those successful sites were used for study-visits of farmers from new
sites who joined Phase II of the project.