Intercropping wheat and pea for on-farm pasta production in organic systems
While traditional pasta has become a staple food worldwide, several public health strategies agree that their nutritional qualities could be improved. The quality improvement through the crop diversification has not been sufficiently studied in semi-arid climate and organic production.
Intercropping winter wheat with field pea in organic systems enables to increase the protein content of the cultivated cereal, and so its nutritional quality.