Background Intercropping is assumed to increase food production while reducing fertilizer needs and environmental impacts of crop production. Aims We aimed (1) investigate the effects intercropping on yields nutrient uptake maize, (2) determine relative contributions above- belowground interspecific interactions (RCabove/below) these effects. Methods conducted a 2-year, small-scale field experi...

This article presents average agricultural yield data per hectare for key cereal, legume and root crops from 2001 until 2017. Data was obtained from the annual Agricultural Sample Surveys of the Central Statistics Agency (CSA) of Ethiopia. We present data at national, regional (SNNPRS) and zonal (Wolaita) levels. The data shows that average yields for all crops, at all levels, show increasing t...

scientific and medical advice. That is what we are looking for from the work of this review group. " Barroso told EU leaders that food price rises had added " a new dimension " to the public debate about GM crops. He admitted people were worried about GM organisms in food and farming, but he said the EU was probably one of the biggest importers of GM feed as its livestock industry was highly de...