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Agroecology plays an important role in contributing to the eradication of hunger and extreme poverty, and as a means to facilitate the transition to more productive, sustainable and inclusive food systems. Creating a greater awareness of agroecology and its advantages is an important step to help policy-makers, farmers and researchers to apply this approach to achieve a world without hunger.

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A technical package for eco-agriculture is the assembly of multiple techniques for a functional and goal-oriented agro-ecosystem management. The resources can originate from traditional agro-practices, modern agro-practices and high-tech innovations. There are inseparable, compatible, or incompatible relationships between a single technique and a specific agro-ecosystem. Also, there are mutually dependent,...
China
Journal article
2010
There is a great need for agriculture in China to enter an eco-transformation stage characterized by high efficiency, output safety, resource saving and environmentally friendly. In order to push forward the development of eco-agriculture, the principles for setting up policy and regulation framework in China are proposed here based on...
China
Journal article
2015
The dynamic changes of NPK absorption by maize and broad bean in maize and broad bean intercropping system were tested by using different application amount of phosphate fertilizer. The results show that the phosphorus uptake of the above-ground parts of the intercropping maize and broad bean had increased with different...
China
Journal article
2012
Crop row spacing in intercropping systems affects interactions of crop species and subsequent crop yields. In a field experiment, the response of crop yield to different maize row spacing (0-80 cm) in pea/maize intercropping system was investigated. The results showed that land equivalent ratio (LER) of each treatment exceeded 1,...
China
Journal article
2012
A field experiment was conducted to study the temporal and spatial changes of active organic C and N in the newly cultivated light sierozem soil under fava bean/maize intercropping system at Hong Shipu, in Ningxia Region. The results showed that the contents of soil microbial biomass C and N (SMBC,...
China
Journal article
2012
Cotton-based intercropping is a popular agronomic practice in Northwest China that addresses the conflict on planting area between cereals and cotton. However, not sufficient knowledge exists on the yield advantage, nutrient uptake and conversion of cotton-based intercropping. In this paper, the uptake and conversion efficiency of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P)...
China
Journal article
2012
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