by INI | Jul 29, 2024 | Case Studies, CICS11, News
Intercropping can offer many potential advantages over single stand cropping systems when applied in organic farming: it optimizes the management of resources, increases agricultural biodiversity, allows better weed control, preserves the fertility of the soil and...
by INI | Jul 5, 2024 | CICS04, News
Lionel Alletto, researcher at INRAE and leader of IntercorpVALUES Co-Innovation Case Study 4, has recently participated in a local tv/online emission called (in French) C dans l’ sol (“It’s in the soil”). Yves Ferrier, from the Chamber of Agriculture and co-leader of...
by INI | Jun 25, 2024 | CICS03, News
Intercropping – growing a few crops at the same time – is a great idea. If you grow barley and peas, for example, the barley gets drip-fed ‘free’ nitrogen from the bean crop, the pea gets a scaffold to support its growth, and pollinating insects get a food source from...
by INI | Jun 10, 2024 | Case Studies, CICS07, News
IntercropVALUES project is present on Reunion Island through the involvement of two partners: eRcane and CIRAD. As part of their participation in the project, and the activities they develop in Co-Innovation Case Study (CICS) 7, they are working with 4 farmers to...
by INI | Jun 3, 2024 | CICS04, News
The second meeting of the Focus groups ‘Crop associations including Milpa and protein crops’, took place last May 29-30 in Toulouse, France, with a strong involvement of the IntercropVALUES project team. Focus group meetings are facilitated by the Support...
by INI | May 20, 2024 | CICS12, News
The IntercropVALUES research project is being implemented in Mozambique since November 2023 by the University Eduardo Mondlane in collaboration with CIRAD. The case study of Mozambique is one of the 13 Co-Innovation Case Studies (CICS) under implementation in 15...
