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 | Mar 12, 2024 | CICS01, News
Sustainability in agriculture is high on the EU agenda, and a field of peas and lentils on the Danish Island of Lolland plays an important role in this. Despite a very challenging year, the first peas and lentils have been harvested and now the results will be...
by INI | Dec 11, 2023 | CICS06, News
“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...
