Press Release, Research, Air Pollution, Agriculture, Food | 24 April 2019

// Prof. Amos P. K. Tai of the Earth System Science Programme teamed up with Prof. Hon-ming Lam of the School of Life Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to investigate the feasibility of a total replacement of the traditional farming practice of monoculture with intercropping. Using advanced computer models, they found that intercropping enables higher productivity in crops with less synthetic fertilizers and hence reduces the air pollutants being volatilized from the cropland soil. This sustainable farming practice may help maintain a stable food supply and mitigate the air pollution problem in China. These research findings have been published in the internationally renowned scientific journal Environmental Research Letters recently. //

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