Numerous signs underline an urgent need for innovation in the current agriculture and food
industries. However, even though the components of the agrifood systems are all strongly …

Agricultural productivity impacts the environment and natural resources in various ways. The
severity of these impacts has triggered the emergence of natural resource management and …

Over the last few years, an increasing number of agricultural R&D actors have sought to
discover and get to know farmers' practices that they consider as innovative, unconventional …

Farming activities in the Argentinean Pampa have focused on soybean production since the
1990s. The resulting cropping systems may not be sustainable in the long run due to …

The use of crop mixtures can help to reduce environmental impacts of agriculture, while
maintaining, or even increasing yield. However, farmers seldom use crop mixtures, due to a …

Intercropping, ie the cultivation of crop species mixtures, can potentially reduce pressure on
land resources by generating higher yields through exploitation of complementarities …

Double cropping of wheat and maize is common on the North China Plain, but it provides
limited income to rural households due to the small farm sizes in the region. Local farmers in …

Intercropping has a strong potential to counteract the severe degradation of arable land in
the North China Plain (NCP). However, a rapid decline of intercropping can be observed in …

Intercropping, ie mixed crop species cultivation on a field, can potentially reduce pressure
on land and water resources by generating higher resource use efficiencies and crop yields …

Abstract The extremely arid Tarim Basin in northwestern China is an important cotton and
fruit production region. However, extensive agricultural land reclamation combined with …