Ross Evelsizer (left), natural resource projects director with Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development, and Mike Bretz (right), a regenerative farmer in Buchanan County, Iowa, stand in a ...

Legume intercropping involves growing legumes (e.g., cowpea, soybean, pigeon pea, groundnut) alongside non-legume crops such ...

Intercropping systems, the simultaneous cultivation of multiple crops on the same piece of land, have emerged as a promising strategy to enhance agricultural productivity, optimise resource use and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study tests whether hemp is an effective plant for intercropping between wine grapes to increase soil health and potentially add another cash ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 18, 2023) Crop diversification is effective at reducing pest abundance in growing climates across the globe, according to a meta-analysis published this month in the Journal ...

Today`s agriculture faces competing demands. Farmers are expected to maintain or increase productivity on the same land area, while decades of simplified ...

Intercropping, despite its challenges, can lead to improved crop yields, disrupted pest and disease spread, enhanced soil biodiversity, erosion control. Courtesy Johnson County Extension With ...

Monocropping—or growing acres and acres of one plant species—is a common agricultural practice, particularly in the US. But it can lead to increased need for fertilizers and a lack of biodiversity ...

The Diverfarming project analysed the nutrients and changes in the soil microbial community in the first year of intercropping melon and cowpea with reduced fertilisation Intercropping is an ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Intercropping in oil palm plantations can reduce deforestation, increase biodiversity, and boost farmers’ income, all without hurting palm oil ...

An Iowa farmer checks his cereal rye cover crop. Hawkeye State farmers plant more than 2 million acres of cover crops each year to prevent soil erosion and reduce the loss of nutrients. Editor’s note: ...