Carolina Rodriguez

Diversificar los sistemas agrícolas europeos mediante el cultivo intercalado de leguminosas y cereales.

Diversifying European agricultural systems by intercropping grain legumes and cereals

Summary, in English

Cropping system diversification is a key factor in developing more sustainable cropping and food systems. The agroecological practice of intercropping, meaning the simultaneous cultivation of two or more species in the same field, has recently gained renewed interest as a means of ecological intensification in European agricultural research. We discuss some recent research developments regarding 1) intercropping for ecological intensification in agroecological and conventional cropping systems, 2) studies on nitrogen resource use by cereal-grain legume intercropping cultivation, 3) the role of intercropping in the management of biotic stressors, especially weeds, and 4) intercropping as a means of creating cropping systems that are more resilient to the abiotic and biotic stress associated with climate change. Finally, we propose methods for the greater adoption of intercropping in European agriculture by unlocking farming systems from upstream and downstream barriers, with the aim of developing more sustainable agricultural and food systems.

• Författare: Erik S. Jensen; Iman R. Chongtham; Nawa R. Dhamala; Carolina Rodriguez; Nicolas Carton; Georg Carlsson
• Publiceringsår: 2020
• Språk: Spanska
• Sidor: 174-186
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: International Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Volym: 47
• Issue: 3
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.7764/ijanr.v47i3.2241
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Facultad de Agronomia e Ingenieria Forestal
• Ämne: Agricultural Science, Forestry and Fisheries
• Nyckelord: Agroecology; ecological intensification; food security; mixed cropping; multi-actor approach; nitrogen use; sustainability
• Aktiv: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 2452-5731