by INI | Jan 21, 2025 | Case Studies, CICS13, News
Over the past few months, the IntercropVALUES team at FiBL has been focused on strengthening connections within the value chain and identifying barriers related to intercropping wheat and faba bean for food production. In May, the team organised a multi-stakeholder...
by INI | Dec 17, 2024 | CICS010, News
Two years of agronomic trials: where does CICS 10 stand? In 2023, a group of farmers in the Anjou region began a series of full-scale experiments on lentil-based associated crops, with the aim of marketing these lentils to local caterers. A year later, the...
by INI | Sep 2, 2024 | News
As global challenges like climate change and food security intensify, the need for innovative, resilient, and sustainable farming methods has never been more critical. The University of Bonn plays a pivotal role in achieving the objectives of the IntercropVALUES...
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...
