Establishing a vegetable garden takes a lot of work. Whether you're thinking of putting in raised beds or tilling the soil for in-ground beds, a lot of decisions go into creating a thriving vegetable ...
You may have heard of companion planting, such as planting marigolds next to your tomatoes to deter pests, but do you know about the benefits of intercropping? Intercropping is an ancient method that ...
Innovative methods of restoration such as intercropping could offer a way to reconcile biodiversity goals with carbon outcomes in restoration projects, as developers face trade-offs between the two, a ...
Ross Evelsizer (left), natural resource projects director with Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development, and Mike Bretz (right), a regenerative farmer in Buchanan County, Iowa, stand in a ...
Progressive growers and agriculture experts are advocating for promoting intercropping, one of the traditional farming systems, to boost the agro-ecosystem and ensure food security in Sindh, where ...
I wrote about Intercropping – Companion planting that really works! in April and Intercropping Vegetables in Late Spring and Early Summer, aka Relay Planting in June. Now we have reached summer, many ...
Intercropping crops planted by the National Research Center of Intercropping (NRCI). [photo provided to Gwadar Pro] BAHAWALPUR, Apr.13 (Gwadar Pro) –“As you know that at the end of the season, we face ...
Juggling two crops in the same field isn’t for the faint of heart, particularly when one is as enduring and expensive to establish as hazelnuts. Yet farmers planting hazelnuts have a powerful ...
In some parts of Africa, farmers intercrop sorghum -- a grain -- and peanuts. But they face a major information gap. There hasn't been much research on optimal levels of fertilizer use for ...