Traditional intercropping dates back to early planting practices but researchers are looking for ways to make broadacre intercropping more efficient for modern practices. (Photo 185598616 © | Dreamstime.com) In nearly all healthy ecosystems, there is an intricate network of living organisms that coexist and provide balance to the environment. Modern approaches to agriculture counter this balance and embrace monoculture production. Within monoculture systems, there is only one type of crop which opens the crop to a number of problems, like pest infestations or disease that result in crop damage or failure. To counteract problems stemming from monoculture, sustainable agriculture aims to establish a more biologically diverse production environment. One common approach to achieving this is intercropping . Intercropped systems are those in which two or more crops are grown together for a specific amount of time. There are four common patterns for intercropping : Strip: c
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