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Composting leaflet – Agroecological approach at your farm

{Tool} Composting leaflet – Agroecological approach at your farm. [Compostbrochure - Agro-ecologische aanpak op jouw bedrijf.] Creator(s): Jamart, An and Willekens, Koen. Issuing Organisation(s): Bioforum Vlaanderen. (2013)

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Document available online at: http://www.bioforumvlaanderen.be/sites/default/files/Compostbrochure_2013_LR_DEF.pdf


Summary

This leaflet will help organic farmers to overcome barriers and get started with on-farm composting. With minimal additional work, vegetable and arable farmers can upgrade crop residues to compost. Compost application can be integrated in the crop rotation and combined with reduced tillage. Also on livestock farms composting can offer added value. Composted manure is more stable, because the decomposition process has already partly taken place. By mixing other materials in the manure, the N/P ratio in the compost can be adjusted. Moreover, composting kills off the pathogens in manure. This leaflet gives an overview of the characteristics of good quality compost and the different steps of making compost. It provides an update of recent compost research in Flanders (Belgium) and examples of real farmers. There is also a section about the legal requirements of making and using compost in Flanders.


EPrint Type:Practice tool
Teaser:Get started with on-farm composting
What problem does the tool address?:At both stockless and mixed farms, on-farm composting helps close the nutrient cycle, increases soil fertility and avoids the spreading of weeds and pathogens.
What solution does the tool offer?:The leaflet offers basic information and real-life examples about on-farm composting.
Country:Belgium
Type of Practice Tool:Leaflets & guidelines
Theme:Soil quality and fertility, Nutrient management
Keywords:arable crops, arable farming, compost, fertilisation strategy, fertiliser, nutrient cycle, nutrient management, organic fertiliser
Keywords:arable crops, arable farming, compost, strategy, fertilizer, nutrient cycle, nutrient management, organic fertilizers
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
soil fertility
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7170
English
soil quality
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_a9645d28
English
nutrient management
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_330697
English
arable farming
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36528
English
composts
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1795
English
fertilizers
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2867
English
nutrient cycling in ecosystems
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_12869
English
organic fertilizers
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4592
Subjects: Crop husbandry > Composting and manuring
Soil
Farming Systems > Farm nutrient management
Research affiliation:Belgium > Bioforum Vlaanderen
European Union > Horizon 2020 > OK-Net Arable
Related Links:https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/31094
Project ID:ofk
Deposited By: Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, FiBL
ID Code:31094
Deposited On:13 Jan 2017 07:00
Last Modified:01 Sep 2022 08:56
Document Language:Dutch/Nederlands
Status:Published

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