Intensive agriculture is based on the use of high-energy inputs and quality planting materials
with assured irrigation, but it has failed to assure agricultural sustainability because of …

Sustainable strategies for managing weeds are critical to meeting agriculture's potential to
feed the world's population while conserving the ecosystems and biodiversity on which we …

Crop diversification has been put forward as a way to reduce the environmental impact of
agriculture without penalizing its productivity. In this context, intercrop**, the planned …

Intercrop**, the simultaneous production of multiple crops on the same field, provides
opportunities for the sustainable intensification of agriculture if it can provide a greater yield …

A grand challenge facing humanity is how to produce food for a growing population in the
face of a changing climate and environmental degradation. Although empirical evidence …

Biological insurance theory predicts that, in a variable environment, aggregate ecosystem
properties will vary less in more diverse communities because declines in the performance …

There is worldwide concern about the environmental costs of conventional intensification of
agriculture. Growing evidence suggests that ecological intensification of mainstream farming …

Diversified crop rotation (DCR) improves the efficiency of farming systems all over the world.
It has the potentiality to improve soil condition and boost system productivity. Improved soil …

Weeds are a serious threat to crop production as they interfere with the crop growth and
development and result in significant crop losses. Weeds actually cause yield loss higher …

Temporal crop diversification could reduce pesticide use by increasing the proportion of
crops with low pesticide use (dilution effects) or enhancing the regulation of pests, weeds …