Maize-based intercropping systems achieve higher productivity and profitability with lesser environmental footprint in a water-scarce region of northwest China

Global agriculture is facing multiple challenges to meet the food demands, optimize resource utilization, and mitigate the climate change. A field study, combined with the life cycle assessment (LCA), was conducted to select the effective and sustainable cropping systems in northwestern China. The s...

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Main Authors: Chai, Q. (Author), Deng, A. (Author), Feng, X. (Author), Gou, Z. (Author), Lal, R. (Author), Song, Z. (Author), Sun, T. (Author), Yin, W. (Author), Zhang, W. (Author), Zhao, C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2021
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