Unveiling the potential of maize-legume intercropping system for agricultural sustainability: A review

U Sahoo, S Maitra, S Dey… - Farming and …, 2023 - indianjournals.com
Intercropping offers a promising approach to enhance productivity in a given land area by
simultaneously cultivating two or more crops together. Maize, a versatile cereal crop that can …

Can cereal-legume intercrop systems contribute to household nutrition in semi-arid environments: A systematic review and meta-analysis

VGP Chimonyo, L Govender, M Nyathi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Intercropping cereals with legumes can intensify rainfed cereal monocropping
for improved household food and nutritional security. However, there is scant literature …

Promising antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of Orobanche aegyptiaca extract-mediated bimetallic silver-selenium nanoparticles synthesis: Effect of UV-exposure …

HY Mostafa, GS El-Sayyad, HG Nada… - Archives of Biochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research, Orobanche aegyptiaca extract was utilized as an eco-friendly, and cost-
effective green route for the construction of bimetallic silver-selenium nanoparticles (Ag-Se …

[HTML][HTML] Perennial legume intercrops provide multiple belowground ecosystem services in smallholder farming systems

LE Drinkwater, CAO Midega, R Awuor, D Nyagol… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil degradation is a major underlying cause of poverty and malnutrition in smallholder
agrarian communities across the globe. Legume diversification, through polyculture or …

Smallholder farmers' preferences for sustainable intensification attributes in maize production: Evidence from Ghana

BH Kotu, O Oyinbo, I Hoeschle-Zeledon… - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
While sustainable intensification has been aggressively promoted as an agricultural
development strategy among smallholder farmers since the beginning of the last decade …

Energy and carbon budgeting of traditional land use change with groundnut based cropping system for environmental quality, resilient soil health and farmers income …

MA Ansari, S Saha, A Das, R Lal, B Das… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy intensive traditional cereals based monoculture often lead to high greenhouse gas
emissions and degradation of land and environmental quality. Present study aimed at …

Yield and nutrient uptake dissected through complementarity and selection effects in the maize/soybean intercropping

R Zhang, L Meng, Y Li, X Wang… - Food and Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The yield and nutrient uptake advantages in an intercropping system are commonly
supposed to be driven by the overall functional complementarity and temporal/space niche …

Integrated agroecological practices for sustaining weed management and improving faba bean (Vicia faba var. minor) productivity under low-input farming

A Boutagayout, EH Bouiamrine, L Nassiri… - … Journal of Pest …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Bearing in mind the negative impacts of intensive farming systems based on monoculture
and heavy chemical usage, there is a need to find sustainable agroecological practices …

Wildlife impacts and changing climate pose compounding threats to human food security

J Salerno, FR Stevens, AE Gaughan, T Hilton, K Bailey… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
High-level policy debates surrounding elephant management often dominate global
conservation headlines, yet realities for people living with wildlife are not adequately …

Conservation agriculture practices lead to diverse weed communities and higher maize grain yield in Southern Africa

B Mhlanga, L Ercoli, C Thierfelder, E Pellegrino - Field Crops Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Weed development is one of the major constraints to cereal cropping systems in Southern
Africa with potential severe crop losses. Understanding weed community responses to …