Intercropping, whereby more than one crop is cultivated in a field at the same time, has proved beneficial in Africa and Asia. Now researchers are investigating its potential to improve sustainable ...

A wide-ranging meta-analysis based on data from 60 countries, conducted by scientists from CIRAD and published in the journal ...

Intercropping crops planted by the National Research Center of Intercropping (NRCI). [photo provided to Gwadar Pro] BAHAWALPUR, Apr.13 (Gwadar Pro) –“As you know that at the end of the season, we face ...

The Diverfarming project evaluates the impact of intercropping and agricultural management on the dynamics of soil organic carbon in four climate regions in Spain, Italy, and Finland With the aim of ...

With the increasing food demands of a growing world population, it is essential to increase agricultural production while reducing its environmental footprint. Crop diversification techniques have ...

However, counting on your harvest in advance could lead to disappointment as you can never be sure how a crop will fare with ...

Americans drink 400 million cups of coffee a day. Where does all of that coffee come from? Brazil is the world's largest producer and exporter of coffee. But environmental changes could harm Brazil's ...

AN increase in population demands a corresponding rise in food production but the rate of increase in food yield per acre is very slow. The changing weather conditions due to global warming and ...

THE rate of increase in food production is too slow to cope with the rapidly increasing population and with that the rising demand for food. The need of the hour is to increase food production. The ...