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"Developing intercropping for agrifood value chains and ecosystem services delivery in Europe and Southern countries" Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Program. Funded by the European Union. Grant Agreement 101081973.

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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
🌱Boosting intercropping in the EU Join us on 6 May for a policy event hosted by Cristina Guarda at the European Parliament in Brussels. Led by the @IntercropVALUES + @Leguminose projects, we will explore how the next #CAP can boost #intercropping. 🔗 More info forms.gle/aGiMTrZX6N5w...
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🌱 Boosting intercropping in the EU: from research to policy action
Overlooked for decades in favour of conventional agricultural practices, intercropping–the practice of growing two or more crops in proximity to each other at the same time–is making a comeback. Despi...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Do not miss our webinar series on #intercropping!
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Webinar | Intercropping & Agro-Equipment: Overcoming Practical Barriers 🌱 Experts will present recent research on farmer practices, management strategies and the progressive redesign of equipment fleets to support species mixtures. 👉 Register now and take part in the conversation lnkd.in/eXwUPrrU
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🌱 How could the post-2027 CAP be updated to promote #intercropping in Europe? 🫛 In this video, Boglárka Bozsogi from @organicseurope.bsky.social presents some of the recommendations from our Project. Also gathered in a policy brief: intercropvalues.eu/wp-content/u... youtu.be/bi1drtErmaE?...
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ICV - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
👨‍🌾 👩‍🌾 Farmers have long always noticed that #intercropping can limit #epidemics. But how does this work and under which conditions? Listen to Audrey Deheinzelin at INRAE presenting her work: modelling to prevent #fungal diseases. youtu.be/gGHx2BcBN0M?...
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ICV - COMPUTER MODELING TO PREVENT FUNGAL DISEASES IN CROPS
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
#INTERCROPPING! intercropvalues.eu/case-studies...
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Interplay: User Experiences and Implementation Insights in Italy - IntercropVALUES
Interplay is a game designed to develop the skills of adults, with a focus on plant intercropping in agriculture. Developed as part of the Remix project (Horizon 2020), it combines card and board elem...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Lentillons from Champagne: #intercropping tradition with cereals! intercropvalues.eu/news/lentill...
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Lentillons from Champagne: intercropping tradition with cereals in France - IntercropVALUES
In September 2025, IFOAM Organics Europe spent the yearly staff excursion in the Champagne region of France, visiting organic farms and tasting delicious champagne. The mission of IFOAM Organics Europ...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Organic farming in the Maine-et-Loire region (France). Two internships assess how #intercropping could secure lentil and pea production in organic systems and improve local value chains, especially for supplying collective catering. intercropvalues.eu/news/intercr...
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Intercropping with Lentils and Peas in Organic Farming: Lessons from Two Student Internships in France - IntercropVALUES
Within the IntercropVALUES project, two consecutive internships were conducted in 2024 and 2025 with organic farmers in the Maine-et-Loire region (France). Both internships were carried out under the ...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
🌾🥙 In France, consumers are embracing wheat–chickpea flour through participatory cooking trials! This innovative blend highlights how intercrops can boost sustainability, nutrition, and flavor #Sustainability #Intercropping intercropvalues.eu/case-studies...
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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 20/09/2025
New Editorial: "Intercropping with robots" rdcu.be/eHmnu Intercropping is an agricultural practice that can enhance soil quality, total yield & biodiversity. Modern advances in artificial intelligence & robotics are helping to overcome some of the practical challenges.
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Rémi Cardinael @remicardinael.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
A great day in the field in Rwanda 🇷🇼 visiting the Kayonza research station and on-farm experiments, especially on cassava-maize #intercropping @canallsproject.bsky.social @oneacrefund.bsky.social @cirad.bsky.social
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Landscape Alliance @landalliance.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
#WCA2025 Highlights 🎥 During a field trip in Gicumbi District, we saw firsthand how farms have shifted from monocrops to intercropping, with trees protecting riverbanks, controlling wind in tea plantations, and supporting beneficial species. #Trees4Resilience
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Tom Sizmur @tomsizmur.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Intercropping can reduce the carbon lost from soils by warming www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Long-term intercropping mitigates warming-induced carbon loss via enhancing microbial and substrate resistance
Long-term intercropping represents a key strategy to boost productive and ecological benefits. However, its potential to mitigate soil carbon-climate …
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Department of Economics, SLU @slu-econ.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
New article: "Intercropping can enhance long-term farm economic performance: Evidence from Swedish agriculture 2001–2018" academic.oup.com/erae/advance...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🌱 #Intercropping in Flanders: High Potential, Many Barriers🌱 Despite growing interest, intercropping in Flanders remains limited. Economic competitiveness is the question. Find the full article on our website: intercropvalues.eu/news/intercr...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Barriers to #intercropping have been identified: how to move forward? Regular meetings take place among CoInnovation Case Study leaders to share solutions implemented in different contexts. intercropvalues.eu/case-studies...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
New release: A meta-analysis from our colleagues at #Leg4Dev shows some of the benefits of #intercropping. The paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of various #intercropping systems and agronomic practices in response to changing moisture conditions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Enhancing the resilience of intercropping systems to changing moisture conditions in Africa through the integration of grain legumes: A meta-analysis
Africa faces significant challenges due to climate change, which jeopardizes food security and the livelihoods of smallholder farmers who rely heavily…
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
New release: ➡️ #Intercropping achieves long-term dual goals of yield gains and soil N2O emission mitigation. The research was conducted in #China (Yunnan Agricultural University), where #intercropping has a long tradition. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Intercropping achieves long-term dual goals of yield gains and soil N2O emission mitigation
Mitigating nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from agricultural soil is imperative for addressing climate change. Although diversified cropping systems hav…
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
#Intercropping to suppress #weeds and mitigate #pest damage: a snapshot of what partners have observed in the field intercropvalues.eu/case-studies...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
#Intercropping in #Sweden: what are the barriers? 25 participants, 14 organizations (research, advisory services, regional government, civil society, food business actors and farming) met in Alnarp and ranked these (from most to least critical): intercropvalues.eu/news/overcom...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Happy World Environment Day! 🌱 #intercropping We are committed to improving the #environmental health of our agricultural systems by: 🌿 improving ecosystem functioning, 🪱 increasing resource efficiency, 🌷 reducing dependence on synthetic inputs, 🐝 promoting sustainable agricultural practices.
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
#Wheat 🌾 and #pea 🫛 . Would you like to know what happens when these two crops are #intercropped and end up on our tables in the form of bread 🍞 ? 🧐 Don't miss the article on our website: intercropvalues.eu/case-studies... Pictures by Odette Weedon
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
International Day for Biological #Diversity: learn how #intercropping can enhance #biodiversity by: 👉 increasing the complexity of the ecosystem, 👉 providing diverse habitats and food sources, 👉 promoting beneficial interactions between plants & organisms. youtu.be/7-haVVaNN7c?...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The city of #Milan can be an excellent setting for bringing #intercropping closer to citizens. Thanks to this, visitors to the "Aurelia Josz Municipal Botanical Museum" could learn about #intercropping and have their questions answered. 👉 Read about it here: intercropvalues.eu/case-studies...
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Citizens discover intercropping at the Municipal Botanical Museum in Milan (Italy) - IntercropVALUES
In the framework of its activities addressed to citizens, last May 17 the Municipal Botanical Museum ‘Aurelia Josz’ in Milan organized a free visit to its garden. On the occasion, the Museum curators ...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
It´s World Bee Day 🐝: in agriculture, bees' main contribution is pollination, facilitating the reproduction of many plants and improving the quantity and quality of fruits. Intercropping benefits bees by offering a greater diversity of flowers, prolonging access to nectar and pollen
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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Scotland: lessons learned from the launch of a new culinary oil made with intercropped organic oilseed rape - IntercropVALUES
Four years after the launch of ÒR-GANIC cold-pressed organic rapeseed oil, the directors of the company got together to reflect on progress. SAOS, an IntercropVALUES partner, facilitated the discussio...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
👩‍🌾🌾 International students from University of Pavia visited CREA Ricerca for a first-hand look at #intercropping & legume breeding with the #IntercropVALUES team! From lab to field, a glimpse into sustainable ag in action! 🌍 📖 Read more: intercropvalues.eu/news/a-first...
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A first direct experience with intercropping for students in Italy - IntercropVALUES
A group of about 25 international students (representing several Countries from Europe, Africa and Asia) engaged in the Master’s course on Agri-food Sustainability at the University of Pavia, Italy, v...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
📽️ New video from IntercropVALUES partner INTIA! Learn how #intercropping is contributing to pest reduction in horticultural crops in Navarra (Spain) 👇Watch the full video here 👇 #SustainableAgriculture #PestReduction #IntercropVALUES #Sustainability
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Co-Innovation Case Study 8. Vetch and broccoli. INTIA, Spain.
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Farmers agree that #intercropping has the potential to become a relevant part of the toolbox: 👉to meet political goals, 👉to enhance resilience 👉and to adapt to climate change on their farms. intercropvalues.eu/news/lock-in...
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Rémi Cardinael @remicardinael.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Third growing season at our experiment about rainfall extremes (drought vs heavy rains) at the University of Zimbabwe! Maize🌽 and cowpea are looking nice this year compared to the El Nino year in 2024! #intercropping #mulch #fertilizers #climatechange @intercropvalues.bsky.social @cirad.bsky.social
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Does white lupin like the belowground company of wheat? 👉 Catch up with the last findings of our research team at CREA Ricerca intercropvalues.eu/update-exper...
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Does white lupin like the belowground company of wheat? - IntercropVALUES
In a previous project’s news (November 2023) we emphasized that a great deal of plant-plant interactions in intercropping take place in the hidden root zone, and presented a rather simple phenotyping ...
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The Oat Newsletter @oatnewsletter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
This paper discusses Pea-Oat intercrops: www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/... #peas #oats #canola #intercrops
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Assessing crop productivity, grain quality, and soil labile carbon and nitrogen in pea-based intercrops under low nitrogen input
Pea-based intercrops provide nitrogen (N) benefits and often improve land productivity through functional diversification. However, their impact on gr…
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
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IntercropVALUES presentation video
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Agroecology-Transect @agtransect.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
#InnovationHubs are the beating heart of our project 💓demonstrating how #agroecology CAN change our #agrifood systems for the better In Belgium, the team at @CRA-W work with groups of farmers exploring low input, low till and intercropping techniques www.agroecology-transect.net/innovation-h...
Group of farmers in field observing intercropping with legumes
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Intercropping generates trait plasticity, which corresponds with year-to-year stability in productivity 📊 Suggests that results have implications for applying intercropping in the sustainable management of food-production systems 🌾🌏 🧪 🔗 buff.ly/4gVeKeQ
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Réseau Cuma @cuma.fr · 04/12/2024
Vous avez toujours rêver de tout savoir sur les cultures associées à base de lentille ? cuma.fr/actualites/?... #lentille #légumineuse #IntercropVALUES #culturesassociées #agriculture #agroécologie
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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Fostering Collaboration and Innovation in Switzerland in Culinary Practices - IntercropVALUES
Over the past few months, the IntercropVALUES team at FiBL has been focused on strengthening connections within the value chain and identifying barriers related to intercropping wheat and faba bean fo...
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IntercropVALUES @intercropvalues.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Interested in #intercropping? Check our website! www.intercropvalues.eu
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