CICS 07
New proven crop management
strategies using service plants between
the sugarcane rows
Topic
Sugarcane value
Country
France
Responsible
(La Réunion Island)
Objectives:
Co-designing sugarcane for cover crop systems on-farm based on data acquired by research and by identifying the technical and economic levers and obstacles that the farmer will face in practice
The main stakeholders involved are farmers, agricultural technicians (Tereos & Chambre d’Agriculture), and Research & Development institutes (eRcane, Cirad)
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Updates from
the CICS 07:
VIDEO RELEASE: introducing intercropping and intercropVALUES, from our Bonn meeting
As European projects want to bridge the gap between research and the general public, videos are a good tool to show people what the aim of the research is, why it is relevant, how the results can change people's lives, and how European project partners organise all...
eRcane is hiring a project leader in the frame of IntercropVALUES
eRcane is hiring a project leader in the frame of IntercropVALUES As a key player in Réunion's sugarcane industry, the eRcane research centre is helping to increase production, make it more profitable and ensure its long-term viability, by being at the forefront of...
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