🌱 Boosting intercropping in the EU: from research to policy action Overlooked for decades in favour of conventional agricultural practices, intercropping–the practice of growing two or more crops in proximity to each other at the same time–is making a comeback. Despi...

🌱Boosting intercropping in the EU
Join us on 6 May for a policy event hosted by Cristina Guarda at the European Parliament in Brussels. Led by the @IntercropVALUES + @Leguminose projects, we will explore how the next #CAP can boost #intercropping.
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Do not miss our webinar series on #intercropping!

Webinar | Intercropping & Agro-Equipment: Overcoming Practical Barriers 🌱

Experts will present recent research on farmer practices, management strategies and the progressive redesign of equipment fleets to support species mixtures.

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ICV - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY YouTube video by IntercropVALUES & ReMIX

🌱 How could the post-2027 CAP be updated to promote #intercropping in Europe? 🫛
In this video, Boglárka Bozsogi from @organicseurope.bsky.social presents some of the recommendations from our Project.
Also gathered in a policy brief:
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ICV - COMPUTER MODELING TO PREVENT FUNGAL DISEASES IN CROPS YouTube video by IntercropVALUES & ReMIX

👨‍🌾 👩‍🌾 Farmers have long always noticed that #intercropping can limit #epidemics. But how does this work and under which conditions?

Listen to Audrey Deheinzelin at INRAE presenting her work: modelling to prevent #fungal diseases.

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Interplay: User Experiences and Implementation Insights in Italy - IntercropVALUES Interplay is a game designed to develop the skills of adults, with a focus on plant intercropping in agriculture. Developed as part of the Remix project (Horizon 2020), it combines card and board elem...

#INTERCROPPING!
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Lentillons from Champagne: intercropping tradition with cereals in France - IntercropVALUES In September 2025, IFOAM Organics Europe spent the yearly staff excursion in the Champagne region of France, visiting organic farms and tasting delicious champagne. The mission of IFOAM Organics Europ...

Lentillons from Champagne: #intercropping tradition with cereals!

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Intercropping with Lentils and Peas in Organic Farming: Lessons from Two Student Internships in France - IntercropVALUES Within the IntercropVALUES project, two consecutive internships were conducted in 2024 and 2025 with organic farmers in the Maine-et-Loire region (France). Both internships were carried out under the ...

Organic farming in the Maine-et-Loire region (France). Two internships assess how #intercropping could secure lentil and pea production in organic systems and improve local value chains, especially for supplying collective catering.

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🌾🥙 In France, consumers are embracing wheat–chickpea flour through participatory cooking trials! This innovative blend highlights how intercrops can boost sustainability, nutrition, and flavor #Sustainability #Intercropping

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New Editorial: "Intercropping with robots" rdcu.be/eHmnu

Intercropping is an agricultural practice that can enhance soil quality, total yield & biodiversity. Modern advances in artificial intelligence & robotics are helping to overcome some of the practical challenges.

A great day in the field in Rwanda 🇷🇼 visiting the Kayonza research station and on-farm experiments, especially on cassava-maize #intercropping @canallsproject.bsky.social @oneacrefund.bsky.social @cirad.bsky.social

#WCA2025 Highlights 🎥

During a field trip in Gicumbi District, we saw firsthand how farms have shifted from monocrops to intercropping, with trees protecting riverbanks, controlling wind in tea plantations, and supporting beneficial species.

#Trees4Resilience

Long-term intercropping mitigates warming-induced carbon loss via enhancing microbial and substrate resistance Long-term intercropping represents a key strategy to boost productive and ecological benefits. However, its potential to mitigate soil carbon-climate …

Intercropping can reduce the carbon lost from soils by warming www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New article: "Intercropping can enhance long-term farm economic performance: Evidence from Swedish agriculture 2001–2018"

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🌱 #Intercropping in Flanders: High Potential, Many Barriers🌱

Despite growing interest, intercropping in Flanders remains limited. Economic competitiveness is the question.
Find the full article on our website:
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Barriers to #intercropping have been identified: how to move forward?
Regular meetings take place among CoInnovation Case Study leaders to share solutions implemented in different contexts.
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Enhancing the resilience of intercropping systems to changing moisture conditions in Africa through the integration of grain legumes: A meta-analysis Africa faces significant challenges due to climate change, which jeopardizes food security and the livelihoods of smallholder farmers who rely heavily…

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A meta-analysis from our colleagues at #Leg4Dev shows some of the benefits of #intercropping. The paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of various #intercropping systems and agronomic practices in response to changing moisture conditions.
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Intercropping achieves long-term dual goals of yield gains and soil N2O emission mitigation Mitigating nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from agricultural soil is imperative for addressing climate change. Although diversified cropping systems hav…

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➡️ #Intercropping achieves long-term dual goals of yield gains and soil N2O emission mitigation.
The research was conducted in #China (Yunnan Agricultural University), where #intercropping has a long tradition.

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#Intercropping to suppress #weeds and mitigate #pest damage: a snapshot of what partners have observed in the field
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#Intercropping in #Sweden: what are the barriers?
25 participants, 14 organizations (research, advisory services, regional government, civil society, food business actors and farming) met in Alnarp and ranked these (from most to least critical):

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Happy World Environment Day! 🌱 #intercropping

We are committed to improving the #environmental health of our agricultural systems by:
🌿 improving ecosystem functioning,
🪱 increasing resource efficiency,
🌷 reducing dependence on synthetic inputs,
🐝 promoting sustainable agricultural practices.

#Wheat 🌾 and #pea 🫛 . Would you like to know what happens when these two crops are #intercropped and end up on our tables in the form of bread 🍞 ?
🧐 Don't miss the article on our website:
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International Day for Biological #Diversity: learn how #intercropping can enhance #biodiversity by:
👉 increasing the complexity of the ecosystem,
👉 providing diverse habitats and food sources,
👉 promoting beneficial interactions between plants & organisms.
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Citizens discover intercropping at the Municipal Botanical Museum in Milan (Italy) - IntercropVALUES In the framework of its activities addressed to citizens, last May 17 the Municipal Botanical Museum ‘Aurelia Josz’ in Milan organized a free visit to its garden. On the occasion, the Museum curators ...

The city of #Milan can be an excellent setting for bringing #intercropping closer to citizens.
Thanks to this, visitors to the "Aurelia Josz Municipal Botanical Museum" could learn about #intercropping and have their questions answered.
👉 Read about it here:
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It´s World Bee Day 🐝: in agriculture, bees' main contribution is pollination, facilitating the reproduction of many plants and improving the quantity and quality of fruits.
Intercropping benefits bees by offering a greater diversity of flowers, prolonging access to nectar and pollen

Scotland: lessons learned from the launch of a new culinary oil made with intercropped organic oilseed rape - IntercropVALUES Four years after the launch of ÒR-GANIC cold-pressed organic rapeseed oil, the directors of the company got together to reflect on progress. SAOS, an IntercropVALUES partner, facilitated the discussio...

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A first direct experience with intercropping for students in Italy - IntercropVALUES A group of about 25 international students (representing several Countries from Europe, Africa and Asia) engaged in the Master’s course on Agri-food Sustainability at the University of Pavia, Italy, v...

👩‍🌾🌾 International students from University of Pavia visited CREA Ricerca for a first-hand look at #intercropping & legume breeding with the #IntercropVALUES team!

From lab to field, a glimpse into sustainable ag in action! 🌍

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Co-Innovation Case Study 8. Vetch and broccoli. INTIA, Spain. YouTube video by IntercropVALUES & ReMIX

📽️ New video from IntercropVALUES partner INTIA!

Learn how #intercropping is contributing to pest reduction in horticultural crops in Navarra (Spain)

👇Watch the full video here 👇

#SustainableAgriculture #PestReduction #IntercropVALUES #Sustainability

Farmers agree that #intercropping has the potential to become a relevant part of the toolbox:
👉to meet political goals,
👉to enhance resilience
👉and to adapt to climate change on their farms.
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Third growing season at our experiment about rainfall extremes (drought vs heavy rains) at the University of Zimbabwe! Maize🌽 and cowpea are looking nice this year compared to the El Nino year in 2024! #intercropping #mulch #fertilizers #climatechange @intercropvalues.bsky.social @cirad.bsky.social