How can intercropping transform pest management and farm resilience?
Join us for an in-depth webinar on vegetable intercropping and sustainable pest management, bringing together practical insights and cutting-edge research from our Innovation Hubs in Guadeloupe, Slovenia, and the Netherlands.
This session explores how diversified cropping systems and ecological pest control strategies can help farmers adapt to climate change, protect biodiversity, and strengthen the socio-economic resilience of farming systems.
Boosting farm resilience: Intercropping and sustainable pest management
Thursday 22 January 2026, 14:00 CET
Our speakers:
- Margot Gumbau, Researcher, Guadeloupe Innovation Hub
- Jean-Marc Blazy, Researcher, Guadeloupe Innovation Hub
- Alexandra Waldman, Facilitator, Slovenia Innovation Hub
- Maria van Boxtel, Facilitator, Netherlands Innovation Hub
This webinar will cover:
- Biocontrol through biodiversity (Tropical context)
Exploring how service plants and indigenous biodiversity can enhance natural pest regulation in tropical vegetable systems, with research from Guadeloupe on parasitoid wasps and locally derived bioinputs to reduce reliance on synthetic pesticides.
- Agroecological pest management for smallholders
Addressing pest pressures faced by small-scale vegetable farmers by sharing practical agroecological approaches that reduce crop losses and secure livelihoods, including lessons learned, challenges encountered, and reasons for continued experimentation.
- Intercropping and stripcropping in Europe
Examining whether intercropping strategies such as stripcropping and mixed cropping can maintain yields while reducing external inputs in large-scale European agriculture, drawing on Dutch farmer experiences with strip widths, crop choices, biodiversity gains, and practical design considerations.
This webinar is of interest to:
- Farmers interested in intercropping and integrated pest management
- Technical advisors and agricultural consultants
- Research groups and academic institutions
- Policy-makers shaping sustainable agriculture strategies.
Online
14:00-15:30
