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.
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- Europe $71.86 Bn Fertilizers Markets, Competition, Forecasts and Opportunities, 2019-2023 & 2024-2029Fon May 7, 2024 at 11:05 pm
This approach encompasses techniques like crop rotation, intercropping, and multiple cropping, all of which offer numerous ecological advantages, including enhanced soil health, decreased occurrences ...
- An Ancient Maya Practice Could Be the Key to Growing Vegetables on Marson May 6, 2024 at 7:45 am
Researchers are exploring whether intercropping—a technique of growing different types of plants in close proximity to one another—could be the secret to agriculture on the Red Planet ...
- Plantation minister: Malaysia can integrate into global cocoa marketon May 6, 2024 at 3:24 am
Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani said Malaysia has great potential to integrate into the global cocoa market, which is ...
- Study calls for a repurposing of input subsidies to promote sustainable IPM practiceson May 2, 2024 at 1:39 pm
such as intercropping and rotation with non-host plants, field sanitation and trap cropping. Moreover, while FISP participation is significantly associated with a 67 percentage points higher ...
- This ancient agriculture practice may help humans grow crops on Marson May 2, 2024 at 8:29 am
Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands created a greenhouse to see how intercropping works in simulated Martian soil.
- Intercropping viable for optimizing vegetable production on Marson May 2, 2024 at 8:20 am
A group of crop systems analysts at Wageningen University and Research, in the Netherlands, has found evidence that intercropping on Mars could be a viable option for optimizing vegetable production.
- How to improve crop yields — on Mars for future human colonieson May 2, 2024 at 7:22 am
The yields of peas and carrots did not increase with intercropping. "Since this is pioneering research, where it's the first time that this intercropping technique is applied to space agriculture, we ...
- Scientists explore how to improve crop yields - on Marson May 1, 2024 at 11:05 am
For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown food will be a must. It simply would be too costly and risky to rely upon rocket deliveries to meet ...
- Ancient farm practice could help sustain future humans on Marson May 1, 2024 at 11:00 am
This ancient agricultural technique may increase yields of some plants on the Red Planet.
- What is intercropping? Learn how to boost your vegetable garden with this effective techniqueon April 5, 2024 at 3:05 am
Intercropping is not a new-fangled modern idea, it has been around for centuries to maximize the potential of a vegetable garden. Also known as interplanting, it sees gardeners grow vegetables ...
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