CICS 06
New sustainable products for local markets including new machineries and adaptation
Topic
Low input wheat
Country
Greece
Responsible
AUTH – Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis
Objectives:
- Intercropping of wheat and legumes to improve wheat baking quality,
- To increase the use of intercropping with use in Greece especially in winter crops (wheat, pea, and faba bean)
The main intercrops and cropping systems studied in the CICS are: monocultures of cereals and legumes; cereal-legume intercrops; and arable crops are mostly cultivated in monoculture systems and are the main crops in Greece (62% of the arable land).
The stakeholders are farmers, cooperatives, researchers, farm advisors, companies with agricultural supplies, processors, distributors, consumers, and policy actors.
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Updates from
the CICS 06:
Designing low-input wheat production in Greece through intercropping with legumes
"Intercropping is the cultivation of at least two or more species in the same field for a portion of their biological cycle. It is an ancient agricultural practice that is primarily employed in developing countries. However, due to the increased interest in...
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