TY - UNPB ID - orgprints4304 UR - http://orgprints.org/4304/ A1 - Bleken, Marina A. A1 - Steinshamn, Håvard A1 - Thuen, Erling A1 - Koesling, Matthias TI - CLOSING THE PLANT-ANIMAL LOOP: A PREREQUISITE FOR ORGANIC FARMING Y1 - 2005/// N2 - An analysis of a number of published surveys of dairy farms in Europe is used to exemplify the consequences of the use of external feed on nitrogen loss from organic animal productions. It is concluded that the present international regulations are not adequate to enforce the adoption of environmentally friendly and sustainable organic production systems, in harmonious balance between crop production and animal husbandry. AV - restricted KW - emission factor KW - life cycle analysis KW - N utilisation KW - agricultural system KW - nitrogen ER -