7297: Intercropping cereals and grain legumes: a farmer’s perspective
(2006) Intercropping cereals and grain legumes: a farmer’s perspective. Paper presented at Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006..
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Summary
Intercropping cereals and grain legumes show potential for organic agriculture in many ways. However, the use of land equivalent ratio (LER) as a measure for calculating the cropping advantage of intercrops over sole crops is too simple: neglecting weed suppression, yield reliability, grain quality, and minimum profitable yield, which are all relevant fac-tors from a farmer’s perspective. Only when the crop selection for the mixtures is carefully done, and crops are grown on the right soil in the right rotation, can intercropping be made to profit.
| Document Language: | English |
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| Subject Areas: | Crop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection Crop husbandry > Crop combinations and interactions Crop husbandry > Weed management Farming Systems > Farm economics |
| Research affiliation: | International Conferences > Joint Organic Congress 2006 > Theme 4: Crop systems and soils Netherlands > Louis Bolk Institute |
| Total budget (Euro): | 0 |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 7297 |
| Contact: | Prins, Ir Udo |
| Deposited On: | 10 May 2006 |
| EPrint Type: | Submit a paper or a poster to a conference |
| Published?: | Published |
| Type of presentation: | Poster |
| Peer Review Status: | Not peer-reviewed |
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