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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...
Field trips to Zhangye (PR China) to visit one of the intercropping experiments: maize and soybean
During June and July 2023, Professor Long Li and Dr. Rui-Peng Yu organized two field trips to visit the maize/soybean intercropping experiment in Zhangye, Gansu Province, PR China, which is included as one of the meta-experiments in WP 2 in IntercropVALUES Project....
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...
A new concept to address ecosystem services provision in intercropping
A research team led by CIRAD, the organization leading as well IntercropVALUES project, has recently released a scientific publication. The paper proposes a concept for designing, modeling, monitoring, and auditing desired ecosystem services, in intercropping and...
The publications of the ReMIX project, predecessor of IntercropVALUES, are now available on this site
The publications of the ReMIX project, predecessor of IntercropVALUES, are now available on this siteThe ReMIX project, the predecessor of IntercropVALUES, ended in April 2021. The fact that its last year of activities coincided with the outbreak of the pandemic made...
A summer to learn about intercropping
A summer to learn about intercropping Summer is starting and it is time to rest. The IntercropVALUES project started in November and the official kick-off took place at the end of that month, when all partners met in Montpellier to launch the activities and establish...
Launch of IntercropVALUES project
Developing Intercropping for agrifood Value chains and Ecosystem Services delivery in Europe and Southern countries. Food production is a resource-intensive activity with profound impacts on the environment. These well-documented…