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  • verb Present participle of intercrop.

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  • The other is intercropping, which is the most common definition of multiple cropping and involves the growing of two or more crops at the same time on the same field.

    Chapter 6 1981

  • It may also involve growing methods such as intercropping designed to maintain soil fertility.

    AP Environmental Science Chapter 12- Biological 2008

  • Modern rice cultivation techniques such as intercropping, fertilizers, and chemical sprays often conflict with fish growth.

    Chapter 5 1995

  • In fields where yields are stable despite drought and waterlogging, farmers should adopt methods such as intercropping, crop rotation, and the use of the free period during late rice, to increase biological control of rice pests and the yields of grass carp fry.

    Chapter 4 1995

  • - study and develop other suitable components of IPM, such as intercropping and other cultural practices;

    1. Designing integrated pest management for sustainable and productive futures. 1992

  • Kristof and Stacia Nordin use their home in Lilongwe to demonstrate permaculture to local farmers by incorporating composting, water harvesting, intercropping and other methods that build organic matter in soils, conserve water, and protect agricultural diversity.

    Danielle Nierenberg: Don't Sweep Away Crop Diversity Danielle Nierenberg 2010

  • Kristof and Stacia Nordin use their home in Lilongwe to demonstrate permaculture to local farmers by incorporating composting, water harvesting, intercropping and other methods that build organic matter in soils, conserve water, and protect agricultural diversity.

    Danielle Nierenberg: Don't Sweep Away Crop Diversity Danielle Nierenberg 2010

  • Kristof and Stacia Nordin use their home in Lilongwe to demonstrate permaculture to local farmers by incorporating composting, water harvesting, intercropping and other methods that build organic matter in soils, conserve water, and protect agricultural diversity.

    Danielle Nierenberg: Don't Sweep Away Crop Diversity Danielle Nierenberg 2010

  • Kristof and Stacia Nordin use their home in Lilongwe to demonstrate permaculture to local farmers by incorporating composting, water harvesting, intercropping and other methods that build organic matter in soils, conserve water, and protect agricultural diversity.

    Danielle Nierenberg: Don't Sweep Away Crop Diversity Danielle Nierenberg 2010

  • The approach recommended was a blend of the new and the old: pest management using natural predators, intercropping agroforestry, silviculture and green manure.

    Andrew Gunther: We Can Feed the World Sustainably, Humanely Andrew Gunther 2010

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