24 April 2019 – Recent Publication on Environmental Research Letters

Teaming up with Prof. Amos P. K. Tai of the Earth System Science Programme, our center Director Prof. Hon Ming Lam and the multi-disciplinary team investigated the feasibility of a total replacement of the traditional farming practice of monoculture with intercropping. They developed advanced computer models and found that intercropping enables higher productivity in crops with less synthetic fertilizers and hence reduces the air pollutants being volatilized from the cropland soil.

The research findings have been published in “Co-benefits of intercropping as a sustainable farming method for safeguarding both food security and air quality” in the internationally renowned scientific journal Environmental Research Letters.

Read the Full Article Here.

The achievement was also covered by various news media. Read more below:CUHK Press Release

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