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Experts from IntercropVALUES in the first Focus Group meeting on crop associations
Our colleagues Christine Watson from Scotland’s Rural College and Severin Hatt from the University of Bonn participated last 29th of November 2023 in the first meeting of the Focus Group on "Crop associations including Milpa and protein crops" that took place in...
Intercrop root phenotyping: toward a novel index of root interaction
Intercropping has been widely recognized as a valuable means to increase productivity and sustainability in agriculture. A substantial part of plant-to-plant interactions occurs in the underground where roots adopt different strategies, from niche differentiation and...
Short VIDEO RELEASE: soil sampling in Serbia
"The soil is a non-renewable natural resource, and therefore the care of its preservation is the role of everyone". Looking at soil health, what does soil sampling for scientific research look like? Our team in Serbia, led by the Faculty of Agriculture of the...
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...
First trials of lentil-based mixtures in Case Study # 10 (Anjou region, France)
Co-Innovation Case Study (CICS) #10 is composed of a group of 15 farmers in the Anjou region: all of them are in organic farming and some are members of a CUMA (Cooperative for the Use of Agricultural Equipment). Their shared long-term objective is to integrate...
Exploring organic faba bean – wheat intercropping for food in Switzerland
In Switzerland, faba bean is gaining more and more interest as a local source of plant-based proteins for food. This legume is nowadays mainly grown as green manure or animal feed, sometimes in association with wheat, triticale, or oat by organic farmers. Recently, a...
Press Release #2: IntercropVALUES partners met in Bonn after one year of activities
The second annual meeting of the IntercropVALUES project was held last week in Bonn (Germany). More than 60 participants, representing research teams from national or regional universities and technology institutes, development agencies, cooperatives, SMEs and rural...
Stimulating the growth of the organic sector by developing intercropping practices
The 17th edition of the European Organic Congress, organized by IFOAM Organics Europe and Ecovalia, is currently taking place in Cordoba, Spain. On the picture above, Eduardo Cuoco (IFOAM Organics Europe) presents during the European Organic Congress 1st session on...
Pest reduction in horticultural crops, the case study in Spain
INTIA (Institute for Agri-food Technology and Infrastructures of Navarra) participates in the project by developing a case study of co-innovation in horticulture in a farmer's plot (CICS 08). Involving different agents of the sector, INITIA will also identify the...
Challenging the agri-food value chains in Denmark through intercropping
Denmark is a highly and intensively cultivated country advancing from a high degree of specialisation. Approximately 50% of the agricultural area is grown with cereals for maturity, almost 70 % of this is used for fodder corresponding to €23 billion in exports,...
Agronomy school teachers and farmers work together in Tarn (France) to create new quality products from intercrops
Our French case study in the Tarn (Occita'Mix, also funded by the Adour Garonne water agency), CICS 04, is working with innovative farmers in the south-west region of France (Tarn/Haute-Garonne) on a wide variety of crop associations. Soil depletion, erosion, and...
Germany: first field season ends in Campus Klein-Altendorf
Fall is rapidly approaching, and a new semester is starting at the University of Bonn. As usual, the summertime was marked by many field activities where colleagues can apply and learn a lot with practice as well as promote team spirit! This year we established the...