Intercropping cereals and grain legumes: a farmer’s perspectiveU.PrinsauthorJ. deWitauthorIntercropping 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.Crop health, quality, protection Crop combinations and interactions Weed management Farm economics2006Conference paper, poster, etc.