**5. Intercropping Bana grass**

Though Bana grass is mainly grown in pure stands, it can be intercropped with legumes and other shrubs such as *Leucaena leucocephala*, and intercropping Bana grass and leguminous improves the nutritional value of DM yield and soil fertility. Legumes such as Leucaena, Desmodium, Sesbania, and Mulberry can be intercropped with Bana. Some authors alluded *that Desmodium intortum* gives the DM content and nutrient value in intercropping regimes when compared to most legumes such as Sesbania, Leucaena, etc.
