by INI | Nov 7, 2024 | Case Studies, News
In the context of the current agricultural specialisation in Europe, intercropping, an agroecological practice corresponding to mixtures of arable crops in the same field, is particularly relevant. By reintroducing diversity in arable lands, it could help...
by INI | Oct 18, 2024 | CICS02, News
Drone view of the intercropping of wheat and pea experiment in Lönnstorp (pic: Ryan D) Cropping systems in Southern Sweden are highly specialized; focused on producing arable cash crops with a high dependence on external inputs such as fertilizers, weed control...
by INI | Oct 3, 2024 | News
The project IntercropVALUES aims to exploit the benefits of intercropping to design and manage productive, diversified, resilient, profitable, and environmentally friendly cropping systems that are acceptable to farmers and actors across the agri-food chain. To...
by INI | Sep 18, 2024 | News
Last week, members of the 25 entities involved in the project IntercropVALUES met in Louvain-La-Neuve (Belgium) for their second annual consortium meeting. Their goal was, on the one hand, to discuss all the work done since the project started, two years ago. In...
by INI | Sep 2, 2024 | News
As global challenges like climate change and food security intensify, the need for innovative, resilient, and sustainable farming methods has never been more critical. The University of Bonn plays a pivotal role in achieving the objectives of the IntercropVALUES...
