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  • Intercropping
  • The project
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    • Our approach
    • Impact
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    • Industrial Advisory Board (IAB)
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    • Cesa Estate, IT
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Aerial view of cultivated agricultural fields

We can learn from the past to make agriculture more sustainable

8 January 202420 December 2023

A new article on RealClearScience explains the benefits of intercropping and provides insights into first results from one of our UK field trials.

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Spade in soil

The timeless relevance of traditional agricultural knowledge

5 January 202425 September 2023

Blending traditional wisdom with modern innovation: An article on Earth.Org explores how three pioneering initiatives, including the LEGUMINOSE project, are charting a sustainable future.

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From protests to progress: Five years of global climate strikes

5 January 202415 September 2023

Exploring the transformative power of collective action: two members of the LEGUMINOSE Team share their perspective in an article on Euronews.

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Aerial view of cultivated agricultural fields in summer

Increasing awareness for and interest in intercropping in the UK

5 January 20241 September 2023

The UK Sustainable Farming Incentive is supporting intercropping. A farm walk explored benefits and barriers towards its wider adoption.

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Sustainable agriculture practises in the EU

12 February 20247 June 2023

A new article on Earth.Org explores how LEGUMINOSE is paving the way for eco-friendly farming practices.

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Calling all British farmers interested in intercropping

12 February 202420 April 2023

We are in the news: New LEGUMINOSE article in CORDIS about our on-farm living labs

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Sustainable soil management in the UK: Join our intercropping trials

12 February 202410 March 2023

An article in Farmers Guardian highlights our call for UK farmers to participate in our on-farm living labs to explore the advantages of diversifying your crops.

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Intercropping to boost yield, resilience and biodiversity

27 September 202320 December 2022

We have been featured on FoodNavigator, highlighting our efforts to establish legume-cereal intercropping as a climate-smart farming practise.

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  • What soil needs from us: Lessons from an European soil health conference 2 July 2025
  • “Is it possible mix the ingredients in the field rather than in the kitchen?”: Tom Sizmur shares his vision for the future of agriculture 26 May 2025
  • “We need demonstration farms that act as positive examples for other farmers”: Norman Gentsch on spreading intercropping knowledge 21 April 2025
  • “Intercropping gives us an opportunity to work with nature”: Jerry Alford on sustainable farming 24 March 2025
  • Intercropping in Spain: Insights from Spanish farmers 13 March 2025

The LEGUMINOSE project will provide science-based, farmer-led, and economically viable systems and techniques for legume-based intercropping.

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This work has received funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee [grant numbers 10057156 and 10039837] to the Soil Association and the University of Reading.

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