#InterCropping

4 weeks ago

Again, some demonstration plots and trials with #legumes, sorghum, maize, cowpea, mucuna, #intercropping, integrated #soilfertility management. Also more soil profiles, and some serious infestation with witchweed in some plots...

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@riazbiogeochem.bsky.social

4 weeks ago

Great success for the #RAIZ Project field days in Murehwa 🇿🇼! Congrats to the team for organizing such a very nice event!

We first visited demo plots showing maize 🌽 or sorghum without #fertilizers, with #manure, with both manure and fertilizers, and with or without #intercropping with cowpea.

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Muhammad Riaz

4 weeks ago

Event Alert! Workshop on Cereal-Legume Intercropping under #Leguminose_EU Project.
📅 April 28-29, 2026
📍 GCUF, Faisalabad, Pakistan
#HorizonEurope #GCUF #LegumeCereal #Intercropping #SoilHealth #Agriculture #Sustainability #Pakistan @pathanshamina.bsky.social

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Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production - Nature Ecology & Evolution A global synthesis of >600 studies finds that across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests in temperate and tropical zones, increasing plant diversity has a consistently positive effect on plant ...

2 months ago

Do not miss our webinar series on #intercropping!

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Christoph Scherber

@cscherber.bsky.social

2 months ago

Finally, our new synthesis paper on plant #biodiversity effects on productivity via pest suppression is online! This shows that crop #diversification e.g. through #intercropping can increase yields via indirect multitrophic interactions, helping reduce #pesticides! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Agronomy for Sustainable Development

@asd-inrae.bsky.social

2 months ago

Intercropping increases soil multifunctionality potentially by increasing the abundance of functional genes: evidence from a long-term field experiment - Agronomy for Sustainable Development Ecosystem functionality and essential services for human well-being have been degraded by intensively managed monoculture cropping systems. Intercropping may offer a means of maintaining and increasin...

Yin, XT., Xiao, CL., Hao, ZH. et al. Intercropping increases soil multifunctionality potentially by increasing the abundance of functional genes: evidence from a long-term field experiment. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 46, 7 (2026).
doi.org/10.1007/s135...
#Intercropping #MicrobialFunctionalGenes

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Bertrand Dumont

@bdumontae.bsky.social

3 months ago

👋 Agroecology-TRANSECT YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@agroecology... provides material to learn on the agronomic, social and political dimensions of #agroecology

Next webinar (Jan.22) is on #intercropping and sustainable #pest management

To register 👉 www.agroecology-transect.net/events/boost...

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3 months ago

Some news about our long-term University of Zimbabwe @cirad.bsky.social rainfall manipulation experiment. Just before Christmas, we applied first N topdressing on fertilized treatments, as well as the first heavy rainfall event (100 mm in a day) of the season. #mulch #intercropping #climateextremes

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3 months ago

ICV - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY YouTube video by IntercropVALUES & ReMIX

🌱 How could the post-2027 CAP be updated to promote #intercropping in Europe? 🫛
In this video, Boglárka Bozsogi from @organicseurope.bsky.social presents some of the recommendations from our Project.
Also gathered in a policy brief:
intercropvalues.eu/wp-content/u...

youtu.be/bi1drtErmaE?...

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Agronomy for Sustainable Development

4 months ago

ICV - COMPUTER MODELING TO PREVENT FUNGAL DISEASES IN CROPS YouTube video by IntercropVALUES & ReMIX

👨‍🌾 👩‍🌾 Farmers have long always noticed that #intercropping can limit #epidemics. But how does this work and under which conditions?

Listen to Audrey Deheinzelin at INRAE presenting her work: modelling to prevent #fungal diseases.

youtu.be/gGHx2BcBN0M?...

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@asd-inrae.bsky.social

4 months ago

Potential of service plants for regulating multiple pests while limiting disservices in agroecosystems. A review - Agronomy for Sustainable Development Service plants are primarily used in agroecosystems to provide ecosystem services that are not directly marketable. They are a promising option to promote biological pest regulation. Past studies have...

Moreau, D., Ballini, E., Chave, M. et al. Potential of service plants for regulating multiple pests while limiting disservices in agroecosystems. A review. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 45, 38 (2025).
doi.org/10.1007/s135...
#ArthropodPest #AerialPathogen #Intercropping #CoverCrop

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VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner

@vegplotter.com

4 months ago

Intercropping means better harvests! 🥬 🌱

Planting kohlrabi and lettuce together maximizes space. Fast-growing lettuce provides quick ground cover, suppressing weeds, while slower kohlrabi matures. This diversity boosts soil health and reduces pest pressure. #Intercropping #Sustainable #Gardening

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Interplay: User Experiences and Implementation Insights in Italy - IntercropVALUES Interplay is a game designed to develop the skills of adults, with a focus on plant intercropping in agriculture. Developed as part of the Remix project (Horizon 2020), it combines card and board elem...

4 months ago

#INTERCROPPING!
intercropvalues.eu/case-studies...

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Lentillons from Champagne: intercropping tradition with cereals in France - IntercropVALUES In September 2025, IFOAM Organics Europe spent the yearly staff excursion in the Champagne region of France, visiting organic farms and tasting delicious champagne. The mission of IFOAM Organics Europ...

4 months ago

Lentillons from Champagne: #intercropping tradition with cereals!

intercropvalues.eu/news/lentill...

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Intercropping with Lentils and Peas in Organic Farming: Lessons from Two Student Internships in France - IntercropVALUES Within the IntercropVALUES project, two consecutive internships were conducted in 2024 and 2025 with organic farmers in the Maine-et-Loire region (France). Both internships were carried out under the ...

4 months ago

Organic farming in the Maine-et-Loire region (France). Two internships assess how #intercropping could secure lentil and pea production in organic systems and improve local value chains, especially for supplying collective catering.

intercropvalues.eu/news/intercr...

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4 months ago

🌾🥙 In France, consumers are embracing wheat–chickpea flour through participatory cooking trials! This innovative blend highlights how intercrops can boost sustainability, nutrition, and flavor #Sustainability #Intercropping

intercropvalues.eu/case-studies...

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@organicseurope.bsky.social

4 months ago

🌱 #Intercropping in Flanders: High Potential, Many Barriers🌱

Despite growing interest, intercropping in Flanders remains limited. Economic competitiveness is the question.
Find the full article on our website:
intercropvalues.eu/news/intercr...

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IFOAM Organics Europe

5 months ago

👉 The #LEGUMINOSE & #IntercropVALUES projects, with contributions from IFOAM Organics Europe, propose a policy brief for the Post-2027 CAP to scale #intercropping with 5 hey recommendations.🌱

📄 Learn more in our dedicated article: www.organicseurope.bio/news/five-wa...

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PLOS Biology

@plosbiology.org

5 months ago

Three sisters intercropping system. Maize (blue), beans (red), and squash (yellow) are grown together. Factors making the system more robust and higher yielding than monocropping are listed in boxes.

#Intercropping & #CropRotation are ancient #agricultural practices that increase yield & #DiseaseResistance in #crops. This Essay discusses the role of plant-derived metabolites & microbes in these systems and how they can contribute to #SustainableAgriculture @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4op7k6W

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5 months ago

Erosion is a big issue in Rwanda 🇷🇼. We visited a trial @canallsproject.bsky.social studying the impact of Fanya juu terraces, combining trenches, mounts and fodder grasses (+Grevillea robusta here) to reduce #erosion in cassava cropping systems, #intercropping with legumes, and manure addition.

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Journal Horticultural Science & Biotechnology

5 months ago

A great day in the field in Rwanda 🇷🇼 visiting the Kayonza research station and on-farm experiments, especially on cassava-maize #intercropping @canallsproject.bsky.social @oneacrefund.bsky.social @cirad.bsky.social

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PLOS Biology

@plosbiology.org

5 months ago

Three sisters intercropping system. Maize (blue), beans (red), and squash (yellow) are grown together. Factors making the system more robust and higher yielding than monocropping are listed in boxes.

#Intercropping & #CropRotation are ancient #agricultural practices that increase yield & #DiseaseResistance in #crops. This Essay discusses the role of plant-derived metabolites & microbes in these systems and how they can contribute to #SustainableAgriculture @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4op7k6W

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PLOS Biology

@plosbiology.org

5 months ago

Three sisters intercropping system. Maize (blue), beans (red), and squash (yellow) are grown together. Factors making the system more robust and higher yielding than monocropping are listed in boxes.

#Intercropping & #CropRotation are ancient #agricultural practices that increase yield & #DiseaseResistance in #crops. This Essay discusses the role of plant-derived metabolites & microbes in these systems and how they can contribute to #SustainableAgriculture @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4op7k6W

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@jhortscib.bsky.social

5 months ago

Sustainable management of coastal sandy soil for intercropping flower crops with coconut in India A study conducted at ICAR-CPCRI, Kasaragod, Kerala, investigated sustainable soil management strategies to enable flower crop intercropping in coconut plantations on coastal sandy soils, which typi...

#Sustainable management of coastal sandy #soil for #intercropping flower crops with #coconut in #India
To read this new article in JHSB, visit:

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