Intercropping
Over 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...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2025
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| author | Paparella, Antonio Petsakos, Athanasios Davis, Kristin E. Song, Chun |
| author_browse | Davis, Kristin E. Paparella, Antonio Petsakos, Athanasios Song, Chun |
| author_facet | Paparella, Antonio Petsakos, Athanasios Davis, Kristin E. Song, Chun |
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| description | Over 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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| spelling | CGSpace1774902025-12-08T10:29:22Z Intercropping Paparella, Antonio Petsakos, Athanasios Davis, Kristin E. Song, Chun intercropping mixed cropping multiple cropping natural resources nature conservation Over 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. 2025-10-31 2025-10-31T17:30:59Z 2025-10-31T17:30:59Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177490 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture Paparella, Antonio; Petsakos, Athanasios; Davis, Kristin E.; and Song, Chun. 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 |
| spellingShingle | intercropping mixed cropping multiple cropping natural resources nature conservation Paparella, Antonio Petsakos, Athanasios Davis, Kristin E. Song, Chun Intercropping |
| title | Intercropping |
| title_full | Intercropping |
| title_fullStr | Intercropping |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intercropping |
| title_short | Intercropping |
| title_sort | intercropping |
| topic | intercropping mixed cropping multiple cropping natural resources nature conservation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177490 |
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