Teaming up with Prof. Amos P. K. Tai of the Earth System Science Programme, the SKLA 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.

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

CUHK Press Release

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中大研「間套作」耕種法 增收成減污染 [Sing Tao Daily] 2019-04-25 F01 教育

中大研新耕種法 減肥料用量增收成 [Sky Post] 2019-04-25 P20 港聞