The Belgian climate is not suitable for growing yellow peas in monoculture. This is due to the combination of wind and rain that causes the peas to lodge.
Solution
One solution is to combine the yellow peas with wheat. This allows for a good exchange of services between these two crops, as the peas provide nitrogen to the cropping system while the wheat acts as a support for the pea.
Description
This intercrop offers advantages on several points: 1) Agronomic: the reduction of nitrogen inputs thanks to the pea, a reduction of fungicide treatments linked to a reduction in the propagation of diseases, and a higher land equivalent ratio of the intercrop compared to separate wheat and pea crops; 2) Economic: income from two different markets : pea and wheat with a higher protein content. Over the last 10 years, the average economic returns from an Olympic average have given the following results: Wheat sole crop (670€/ha); Pea sole crop (480€/ha); Pea+Wheat intercrop without help from government (860€/ha); Pea+Wheat with help from government (1100€/ha); 3) Environment: reduction of inputs, local protein production (therefore reducing CO2 costs of imports)
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