creators_name: Granstedt, Artur
creators_name: Kjellenberg, L.
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2008-10-06
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:38:16
metadata_visibility: show
title: Organic and biodynamic cultivation - a possible way of increasing humus capital, improving soil fertility and providing a significant carbon sink in Nordic conditions 
ispublished: pub
subjects: 1soilqual
full_text_status: public
keywords: biodynamic farming, carbon sink, humus, organic farming, soil fertility
abstract: In Sweden three different sets of long-term comparative trials have been carried out at the Biodynamic Research Institute since 1958. With biodynamic farming an average annual increase corresponding to 500 – 800 kg soil carbon per ha is documented.
date: 2008
date_type: published
refereed: yes
citation: Granstedt, Assoc Professor Artur and Kjellenberg, L. (2008) Organic and biodynamic cultivation - a possible way of increasing humus capital, improving soil fertility and providing a significant carbon sink in Nordic conditions. Cultivating the Future Based on Science: 2nd Conference of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research ISOFAR, Modena, Italy, June 18-20, 2008.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/12625/1/Granstedt_12625_ed.doc