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Sustainability and resilience are priorities in agriculture. A new analysis of four experiments with a combined 46 years of data shows that intercropping — growing multiple crops together —


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ARTICLES Open Access articles citing this article. * PLASTIC RESPONSES FOR INTERCROP FUNCTIONING * Franca J. Bongers * , Jochem B. Evers *  & Niels P. R. Anten _npj Sustainable


Agriculture_ Open Access 04 February 2025 * POTENTIAL CROP YIELD GAINS UNDER INTENSIVE SOYBEAN/MAIZE INTERCROPPING IN CHINA * Guohui Chen * , Fahui Jiang *  … Xiaomin Zhao _Plant and Soil_


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