creators_name: Prins, U.
creators_name: Wit, J. de
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-05-10
lastmod: 2009-09-09 13:39:35
metadata_visibility: show
title: Intercropping cereals and grain legumes: a farmer’s perspective
ispublished: pub
subjects: 8planthealth
subjects: 2cropcomb
subjects: 9weed
subjects: 2farmecon
full_text_status: public
abstract: 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.
date: 2006
date_type: published
refereed: never
citation: Prins, U. and Wit, J. de (2006) Intercropping cereals and grain legumes: a farmer’s perspective. Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/7297/1/Intercropping_paper_Odense_final.pdf