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Knowing, Characterizing and Assessing Systems of Organic Crop Rotations

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: The choice of crop rotations in organic stockless cropping systems is the first leverage used to manage technical issues (to maintain soil fertility, to control pest and weeds) and economic issues (to insure income). The RotAB project (French Casdar funding 2008-2010) implemented complementary approaches to better knowing, characterizing and assessing arable crop rotations. Their conception depends on numerous factors such as the types of soil and climate (on which depend the types of crops, yield potential, possibility of mechanical weed control…) or the economic context (existence of outlets and continuity of markets). If nitrogen supply and weed control are the most important agronomic issues of organic farmers in stockless cropping systems, phosphorus availability appears to be the next important issue for soil fertility and system sustainability.

Source: Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture)

DOI: 10.3220/rep_20_1_2014

Authors: L. Fontaine, Laetitia Fourrié, Josette Garnier, Bruno Colomb, Matthieu Carof, Anne Aveline

Language: English

Topic: Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Life on land

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W89980577

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