Intercropping

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dc.creatorPaparella, Antonio
dc.creatorPetsakos, Athanasios
dc.creatorDavis, Kristin E.
dc.creatorSong, Chun
dc.creatorDe Falcis, Eleonora
dc.date2025-10-31
dc.date2025-10-31T17:30:59Z
dc.date2025-10-31T17:30:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:56:56Z
dc.descriptionOver the last decades, crop yields in conventional farming and monocropping systems have increased globally, benefiting from advancements in plant breeding and from higher use of inputs, specifically water, fertilizers, and pesticides. However, the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of such high-input/high-output systems is questionable, and this requires revisiting the conventional farming and monocropping systems paradigm. Moreover, conventional agriculture and monocropping significantly impact biodiversity by reducing habitat diversity and increasing environmental degradation. Monocropping promotes genetic uniformity, leading to the decline of traditional crop varieties. Intensive agricultural practices, such as the extensive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, result in habitat fragmentation, soil degradation, and loss of soil microbial diversity, which are detrimental to various plants and wild animals.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/177490
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90285
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.publisherBioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourcePaparella, Antonio; Petsakos, Athanasios; Davis, Kristin E.; Song, Chun; and De Falcis, Eleonora. 2025. Intercropping. Agricultural Management Practices to Mitigate Nature Loss Brief 14. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute and Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177490
dc.subjectintercropping
dc.subjectmixed cropping
dc.subjectmultiple cropping
dc.subjectnatural resources
dc.subjectnature conservation
dc.titleIntercropping
dc.typeBrief

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