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Keywords: alley cropping, IITA Nigeria, Leucaena leucocephala, Gliricidia sepium, experimental methods, experimental results, soil properties, some chemical properties of the surface soil 0-15 cm, plant height, pruning biomass and wood yield from hedgerow prunings, grain and stover yield of maize, cowpea plant biomass, nodulation, and grain yield, biomass yield and crop performance, effect on runoff and erosion, water runoff and soil loss under maize grown with and without alley cropping, bulk density of the 0-5 cm layer at the end of the first season, nutrient loss, agroforestry