He investigated the benefits of intercropping wheat with beans, reporting a staggering 75% decrease in weed biomass. Levels of wild oats and thistles in fields on Mr Hares’ 130ha farm near Swindon had ...

Monocropping—or growing acres and acres of one plant species—is a common agricultural practice, particularly in the US. But it can lead to increased need for fertilizers and a lack of biodiversity ...

Extreme rainfall and flooding are becoming more common across much of the U.S. In Iowa, some farmers are experimenting with something called relay intercropping to keep more rainfall in the fields.

The Dorans’ system involves a manageable workload, plenty of repeat customers and a robust crop Pat Doran and his son Conor on their organic tillage farm at Camolin, Co Wexford ‘We don’t have a large ...

Every crop in Godfrey Kizito’s garden has a role to play. Trees protect his coffee from direct sunlight, and the leaves that are shed off these trees fix nutrients in the soil. The trees also protect ...

GUINAYANGAN, Philippines – Rizal and Renida Marjes’ backyard reminded me of a wild version of the vegetable and fruit stalls in my neighborhood grocery. Like those well-lit stalls, produce was ...

I can consider this column the second part of the series on the Philippine coconut industry, although much of what will be discussed here is about increasing incomes of smallholder coconut farmers ...

RAWALPINDI, Oct. 2 (Gwadar Pro) - Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi, Punjab Agriculture Minister, visited the maize-soybean strip intercropping demonstration plots at the Research Farm of PMAS-Arid ...