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# Horticultural intercropping gained land-use efficiency across experiments
- URL: https://intelligence.wildlandseco.com/2026-11-03-horticultural-intercropping-gained-land-use-efficiency-across-experiments/
- Published: 2026-11-03T14:18:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-03T14:18:50.000Z
- Description: A new synthesis reports a mean land-equivalent ratio of 1.41, but crop mix and management change the advantage.
- Author: Benjamin Worlund
- Tags: restoration, Land, Climate, #ecological-intelligence, #brief-2026-11-03, #priority-read, #peer-reviewed, #geo-global

Evidence

Peer-reviewed

Geography

Global horticultural experiments

System

Horticulture; intercropping; working farms

## WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS

A quantitative synthesis of global horticultural intercropping experiments estimated mean land equivalent ratio 1.41, with more than 90% of reported comparisons exceeding 1\. Additive mixtures and nitrogen-fixing or tree-inclusive combinations were particularly productive; reported benefits were smaller where insecticides were used.

## WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ

Diverse productive landscapes can generate more combined output per unit land than monocultures, but the performance unit is combined yield, not automatically biodiversity, soil restoration or farm profitability.

## CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY

Experimental literature mixes designs and geography; land equivalent ratio is not net profit or a conservation outcome. Publication and management-selection biases remain possible.

## SOURCE

Scaloppi et al. · Agronomy for Sustainable Development (3 Nov 2026)  
[View original evidence ↗](https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-026-01148-0?ref=intelligence.wildlandseco.com)

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