Intercropping for Sustainability

Summary:

Increasing diversity within agricultural systems by intercropping offers a realistic and practical opportunity to enhance
and stabilise crop yields and produce food, feed and fuel with fewer inputs. As environmental conditions become
more variable, diversifying cropping systems can also reduce production risks. The Horizon 2020-funded projects
DIVERSify and ReMIX, alongside other projects, are conducting research trials as well as working with farmers and
other agricultural stakeholders across Europe and internationally to design, test and provide practical solutions for
multi-species intercropping. It is timely to bring together the intercropping community to showcase the latest findings
on intercropping research from the lab and the field and encourage debate on uptake and best practice.
DIVERSify and ReMIX are working with other Horizon 2020-funded projects in the Crop Diversification Cluster to
transfer project findings to scientists, farmers, advisers, industry and policy makers (see www.cropdiversification.eu for
information about other joint events).

Invited speakers include:

• Dr Caroline Drummond MBE (Linking Environment and Farming, UK) will chair a science farmer forum/Q&A on intercropping practices
• Prof. Maria Finckh  (University of Kassel, Germany)
• Prof. Bernhard Schmid  (University Of Zürich, Switzerland)
• Prof. John Vandermeer  (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, USA)

Committee Members

• Ali Karley                            James Hutton Institute, UK
• Maria Carlota Vaz Patto    Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
• Charlotte Bickler  Organic Research Centre, UK
• Adrian Newton  James Hutton Institute, UK
• Christoph Scherber  University of Münster
• Inger Bertelsen  Landbrug & Fødevarer SEGES, Denmark
• Christine Watson  Scotlands Rural College, UK
• Jean-Noel Aubertot Institut national de la recherche agronomique, France
• Beatrix Keillor James Hutton Institute, UK

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