Intercrop** existed early in the evolution of agriculture. However, for several decades, use
of this sustainable crop** system approach remained limited to small operations in …

Although yield and total biomass produced by annual legumes remain major objectives for
breeders, other issues such as environment-friendly, resource use efficiency including …

In recent years, the increased pressure of food and nutritional insecurity, land degradation,
climate change, continuous declining soil fertility, and low and stagnant crop productivity has …

Many farmers in central Mozambique intercrop maize with grain legumes as a means to
improve food security and income. The objective of this study was to understand the farming …

Intercrop** is the system of simultaneously growing two or more crops on the same land
area with a definite row arrangement. However, it is very much important to ensure that …

• Intercrop** is a useful practice when agricultural sustainability is emphasized.• We
integrate biodiversity-ecosystem functioning and intercrop**.• Intercrop** optimizes …

Soil enzyme activities, soil bacterial and fungal community structures and cucumber yield as
affected by different crop** systems were evaluated in a three-successive-growing …

India ranks first in rainfed agriculture globally in both area (86 Mha) and the value of
produce. Rainfed regions in India contribute substantially toward food grain production …

Long-term sustainability concerns are growing in agriculture owing to over and under
application of fertilizers and poor management of available resources which are resulting …

Background Overyielding (ie, mixtures of crops yielding higher than expected when
compared with monocultures) and increased nutrient acquisition have been found in many …