Stanford biologist Gretchen Daily and study lead author Hua Zheng conduct research on a conventional plantation in Hainan, China. (Image credit: Zhiyun Ouyang)
Expanding monoculture threatens valuable services from land, such as flood control, water purification and climate stabilization. A new approach promises to protect these benefits, while improving biodiversity and human livelihoods in rural areas around the world.
The Latest on: Intercropping
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The Latest on: Intercropping
- Rubber board to organise online training on January 15on January 12, 2021 at 5:07 am
The Rubber Training Institute is organising an online training programme on Intercropping in Rubber Plantations,5. The training Fee is Rs 119 (including 18% GST and 1% flood cess) for Ker ...
- PCA drafts coconut roadmap for P100-B levy fund disbursementon January 10, 2021 at 2:30 pm
The coconut industry roadmap that will be used as a guide in the disbursement of the P100-billion coconut levy fund is still being drafted, said a top official of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA ...
- Regenerative ag gets closer scrutinyon January 7, 2021 at 2:43 pm
Regenerative agriculture had a big year in 2020. It received a tremendous amount of media attention and Cargill committed to increase regenerative ag ...
- Coconut farmers to ask PRRD to veto Coco Levy Acton January 5, 2021 at 7:48 pm
Coconut farmers are coming up with a position paper that will formally ask President Rodrigo Duterte to veto Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund or the Coco Levy Act, which will pave the way for ...
- Vietnam exports over 1.7 million tonnes of coffee in 2020on January 3, 2021 at 9:15 pm
Vietnam gained $2.7 billion from shipping an estimated 1.7 million tonnes of coffee abroad in 2020, accounting for over 10 percent of the world’s coffee value and 18 percent of the market share.
- Native intercropping of 'three sisters' — corn, beans and squash — benefits land, ISU research showson January 3, 2021 at 4:02 am
This is one of several stories Hill shares about her research into Native American agriculture — research that recently earned a $160,000 grant and that has shown improved soil after the first year ...
- Villagers turn 3 barren hillocks into dense forest in Bengal’s Purulia, wild animals make it their homeon January 2, 2021 at 11:53 am
Farmers could now start intercropping and their farm produce also shot up. The ground water table started rising. The once barren fields were covered with lush green grass and plants which became ...
- How Julia Collins And Moonshot Snacks Are Using The Power Of Regenerative Agriculture To Tackle The Climate Crisison December 11, 2020 at 7:17 am
Improving biodiversity. Keeping roots in the ground year-round. Intercropping, cover cropping. And even some livestock integration to help promote that wonderful microbial activity in the soil ...
- Mixed Intercropping Layout for a Vegetable Gardenon July 17, 2018 at 4:02 pm
Luckily mixed intercropping, or growing two or more crops together without a standard row arrangement, can greatly increase the amount you can grow by using the same area for multiple veggies.
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