I wrote about Intercropping – Companion planting that really works! in April and Intercropping Vegetables in Late Spring and Early Summer, aka Relay Planting in June. Now we have reached summer, many ...

Intercropping wheat with a pulse can improve grain protein levels in a low nitrogen input system, but only in certain seasons ...

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Juggling two crops in the same field isn’t for the faint of heart, particularly when one is as enduring and expensive to establish as hazelnuts. Yet farmers planting hazelnuts have a powerful ...

Intercropping – the practice of planting mixtures of crops – can be an effective pest management tool worldwide, a new University of Florida study shows. The analysis compiled results from 44 field ...

Many claims of benefits from companion planting (growing two crops together) are no more than wishful thinking. Tangible benefits, however, come from intercropping (also known as relay planting, ...

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 ...

Mango intercropping with various fruits and vegetables has been gaining momentum in the State as the growers are ‘getting significant returns.’ The farmers cultivated mango in 37,178 hectares in the ...