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Successful intercropping
Published: Nov 22, 2023 10:57 PM
At a family farm in Hongxingqiao township, Huzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, workers harvest greenhouse rice in a rice-fruit intercropping base. Hongxingqiao is exploring the rice-fruit intercropping model, where rice is grown in fruit greenhouses. This process improves the soil and ensures that the land is not idle during fallow periods. The yields of both rice and fruit have increased by more than 15 percent, achieving

At a family farm in Hongxingqiao township, Huzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, workers harvest greenhouse rice in a rice-fruit intercropping base. Hongxingqiao is exploring the rice-fruit intercropping model, where rice is grown in fruit greenhouses. This process improves the soil and ensures that the land is not idle during fallow periods. The yields of both rice and fruit have increased by more than 15 percent, achieving "multiple yields in one piece of land." Photo: VCG