Intercropping in traditional farming systems
基于ICRISAT三年农户数据，揭示间作是小农和旱地农民的核心系统，能促进公平，且传统间作复杂多样，科学家应提供更多组件选项而非设计完整系统。
Though largely neglected by researchers and planners, intercropping is a key element of traditional farming systems. Its superiority over sole cropping in several respects has been indicated by different studies. The present paper, based on farm level data for three years collected under ongoing village level studies programmes of ICRISAT, clearly reveals the following: (1) Intercropping is essentially a system of small and dry land farmers. Hence research resource allocation favouring intercropping can help serve equity goals. (2) Traditional intercropping is highly complex and diverse. It is designed to meet the farmer's multiple objectives simultaneously. Scientists cannot and need not generate equally complex systems. They can help by generating more and better options regarding various components of intercropping systems and leaving their selection to the farmer.